Master and Magritte

Author: Mikhail Bulgakov
Publisher:
Publication Date: 2000-04-01
Features: This book is the timeless masterpiece of the Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov and also the seminal work of magical realism in the world literary scene. The young and beautiful Margarita accidentally encounters a poor scholar who is working on a monumental work. They fall in love. She calls him the Master and gives him tenderness and encouragement. The work is completed, but it cannot be published and is even criticized. The Master, in anger, destroys the manuscript and leaves. To find the Master, she accepts the condition of Satan and transforms into a witch. Although Satan is unrestrained, he deeply sympathizes with the sincere and touching love between the young couple. With his myriad efforts to help, the lovers finally come together.