A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece of satire and fantasy, in the acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky translationNothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. One spring afternoon, the Devil, trailing fire and chaos in his wake, weaves himself out of the shadows and into Moscow. Mikhail Bulgakov’s fantastical, funny, and devastating satire of Soviet life combines two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem, each brimming with historical, imaginary, frightful, and wonderful characters. Written during the darkest days of Stalin’s reign, and finally published in 1966 and 1967, The Master and Margarita became a literary phenomenon, signaling artistic and spiritual freedom for Russians everywhere.This translation, by the award-winning team of Pevear and Volokhonsky, is made from the complete and unabridged Russian text.“My favorite novel—it’s just the greatest explosion of imagination, craziness, satire, humor, and heart.” —Danielle Radcliffe
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Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) was a doctor, a novelist, a playwright, a short-story writer, and the assistant director of the Moscow Arts Theater. His body of work includesThe White Guard, The Fatal Eggs, Heart of a Dog, and his masterpiece,The Master and Margarita, published more than twenty-five years after his death and cited as an inspiration for Salman Rushdie'sThe Satanic Verses.Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced acclaimed translations of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gogol, and Bulgakov. Their translation ofThe Brothers Karamazov won the 1991 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize. They are married and live in Paris, France.
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