The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is a notable work published by Murine Publications LLC on September 9, 2019. This edition, titled Samizad ed., spans 444 pages and is presented in English. The novel intricately weaves a narrative that features a story within a story, focusing on a manuscript that the Master, a character locked in an asylum, cannot publish. The plot centers around the devil’s visit to the atheistic Soviet Union, blending supernatural elements with satire and philosophical themes.
Readers will encounter a unique blend of magical realism and dark comedy as the narrative unfolds. The book explores complex themes, including the portrayal of Jesus and the implications of mental illness and deception within the context of Soviet literature. This edition offers a non-censored experience based on a samizdat version, providing insights into the literary criticism surrounding Bulgakov’s work. The Master and Margarita stands as a significant contribution to 20th-century literature, inviting exploration of its multifaceted narrative and rich thematic content.
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This edition (Classic Wisdom Reprint) is non-censored, based on a samizdat version and translated in Russia by an unknown translator.
Widely held as one of the best novels of the 20th century the book depicts a story in a story, a manuscript of a Biblical story that the Master cannot publish and locked up in the asylum for.
The story concerns a visit by the devil to the officially atheistic Soviet Union. The Master and Margarita combine supernatural elements with satirical dark comedy and Christian philosophy, defying a singular genre.
Literary critic, assistant professor at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts Nadezhda Dozhdikova notes that the image of Jesus as a harmless madman presented in ″Master and Margarita″ has its source in the literature of the USSR of the 1920s, which, following the tradition of the demythologization of Jesus in the works Strauss, Renan, Nietzsche, and Binet-Sanglé, put forward two main themes – mental illness and deception. The mythological option, namely the denial of the existence of Jesus, only prevailed in the Soviet propaganda at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s.
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