The devil himself appears in Stalin's Moscow, disguised as a magician and accompanied by various demons (including a naked girl and a huge black cat who packs a gun), in Mikhail Bulgakov's acidly satirical masterpiece. They succeed in comically befuddling a population that denies the devil's existence, even as it is confronted with the diabolic results of his handiwork. Only the Master, a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist the devil's onslaught. In this wild ride, by turns fantastic and ironically philosophical (and suppressed until a quarter-century after Bulgakov's death), the story switches back and forth between 1930s Moscow and 1st-century Jerusalem. This edition offers commentary and an afterword that provide new insight into the mysterious subtexts of the novel, revealing Bulgakov's crowning work in all its complexity.
Вес: 270
Ширина упаковки: 150
Высота упаковки: 20
Глубина упаковки: 210
Автор на обложке: Mikhail Bulgakov
Автор: Михаил Булгаков
Тип издания: Отдельное издание
Тип обложки: Мягкая обложка
Формат издания: 130x200
Издательство: Picador
ISBN: 978-0-330-54393-4
Год выпуска: 2010
Количество страниц: 384
Язык издания: Английский