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A review by danielkallin04
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Mikhail Bulgakov
4.0
Bulgakov's surreal and satirical masterpiece is wonderfully, and woefully, obscure in its intermingling of biblical tales with a critique on the heavy use of censorship in Soviet Russia - "manuscripts don't burn"... well this one certainly didn't. The satanic cast are captivating in their reckless abandon, as are the characters who are driven to insanity by their mishaps, where the culprits always seem to mysteriously vanish.
The supernatural, fantastical elements, such as at the Ball, are beautiful to read - funny too - as Bulgakov obscures cold, hard reality in a world of shadows and tricksters. In debt to the great Russian writers, The Master and Margarita is a classic for the modern age of roads, trams, and telephones, of useless writers and unexplained happenings. A master-and margarita-piece, as it were.
The supernatural, fantastical elements, such as at the Ball, are beautiful to read - funny too - as Bulgakov obscures cold, hard reality in a world of shadows and tricksters. In debt to the great Russian writers, The Master and Margarita is a classic for the modern age of roads, trams, and telephones, of useless writers and unexplained happenings. A master-and margarita-piece, as it were.