At the sunset hour of one warm spring day two men were to be seen at Patriarch's Ponds.
An edition of Мастер и Маргарита
(1966)
El maestro y Margarita
by Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков
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The Master and Margarita (Russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. The story concerns a visit by the devil and his entourage to the officially atheist Soviet Union. The devil, manifested as one Professor Woland, challenges the Soviet citizens' beliefs towards religion and condemns their behavior throughout the book. The Master and Margarita combines supernatural elements with satirical dark comedy and Christian philosophy, defying categorization within a single genre. Many critics consider it to be one of the best novels of the 20th century, as well as the foremost of Soviet satires. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in Moscow magazine in 1966–1967 by his widow Elena Bulgakova. The manuscript was not published as a book until 1967, in Paris. A samizdat version circulated that included parts cut out by official censors, and these were incorporated in a 1969 version published in Frankfurt. The novel has since been published in several languages and editions.
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Russia, Soviet Union, Jerusalem, Moscow, Patriarch's Ponds, Griboyedov's houseShowing 11 featured editions. View all 234 editions?
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Il Maestro e Margherita: All'amico segreto / Lettera al governo dell'Urss
2015, Oscar Mondadori
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in Italian
- Oscar classici. moderni 1991 Marzo (32)
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The Master and Margarita
1972, Collins and Harvill Press/Fontana Books
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Primera edición en Alianza Tres.
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