Pros: It has its moments, some amusing, some tragic. Cons: Bewildering, seemingly plotless. It's dreary in its absurdity.
The editor of a Soviet-era magazine and a bombastic poet argue over whether such a person as Jesus ever existed. It's a scene you might expect of any two drunks on a Moscow park bench. And what happens next, and for that matter throughout the rest of ...
Pros: Powerful and entertaining story of cowardice, the redemptive power of love, and life in a repressive society Cons: Presupposes a certain level of knowledge of Russian history and literature
Satan (sort of), Jesus (almost), a large talking black cat, Communist apparatchiks, Pontius Pilate, literary hacks, patients in an insane asylum — all these and more are characters in Mikhail Bulgakov’s complex novel The Master and Margarita. ...
…as I originally thought until I picked up this novel. Well, I have quite a job ahead of me—do justice to Bulgakov’s great masterpiece. I’m uncertain of where to begin and end, so I’ll just start from a convenient place and end when I am done (or when...
Pros: A masterpiece: an examination of the larger issues of spirituality and fate, coupled with piercing everyday observation. Cons: None are apparent.
Banned in the Soviet Union until its publication as a serial in Moskva beginning in the fall of 1966, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita is a powerful novel that in a surreal, almost magic realist style limns the everyday realities...
Pros: A novel of world-class greatness. Cons: The sort of people who won't like this...and you know what they are.
The problem with modern totalitarian regimes – the most disgusting form of government – is that they produce no art: no music, no literature, no poetry, no architecture, no visual arts. The art that does come out of such states comes from those who ...
Having been introduced to this book by The Lawrence Arms (see previous reviews about this punk band) I was expecting to find it a good read. It was more than this; it was addictive, compelling in every sense, a real joy to read. I have been meaning to ...
Pros: None for a modern American reader of average literate sensibility. Cons: Too confusing, ridiculous and absurd a plot.
I must have read the bad translation, because the book did not make any sense to me at all. I read the Mirra Ginsburg translation. The style was pretentious trying to be sarcastic. Perhaps that is the fault of the translation. The plot is non-scenical ...
Pros: if you give it some energy, it will rock you back Cons: bad translations persist, go for the Burgin and O'Connor
One of the most underestimated and unrecognized novels of the early 20th century, The Master and Margarita is the masterpiece of Russian novelist and essayist Mikhail Bulgakov. Never published during his lifetime, a censored edition was released in...
Pros: Exciting and surreal; Very accessible for American readers Cons: none
Unfortunately, Russian literature often scares Western readers off because it is perceived to be too didactic and too depressing. Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita is just the book to break the stereotype.
Dark, yet whimsical, the...
Pros: the dark love story, and all its characters Cons: if you can't handle stories that challenge the religious mind, stay away
This dark comedy is about two lovers who are split apart by fate, only to be reunited by the Devil...at a price. I was first introduced to this book eight years ago when my high school Russian teacher sent me a copy of this book while stationed in...
Pros: It isn't a brain-torturing, quiz-alike, elitiste story-telling! Do not need instructions before consuming. But may be some opinions to share or discover after you have finished your reading! Cons: It is a masterpiece!
First I have to say that my English doesn't allow me to express all of my 'ideas' on 'Master and Margarita'. So pardon my English if sometimes it will sound strange to your ears...
I'm not intended to resume this novel, neither bring...
Paperback, Heart of a Dog This hilarious, brilliantly inventive novel by the author of The Master and Margarita tells the story of a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik. Thank...
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