{"product_id":"the-master-and-margarita-michail-bulgakow-9781784871932","title":"The Master and Margarita (Michail Bulgakow)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterpiece - a classic of twentieth-century fiction' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Bulgakov paints a powerful picture of Stalin's regime in this allegorical   classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various   demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat. When he leaves, the   asylums are full and the forces of law and order are in disarray. Only the   Master, a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist   the devil's onslaught.\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVINTAGE CLASSICS RUSSIAN SERIES - sumptuous   editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most   tumultuous period in its history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMikhail Bulgakov (1891 - 1940) was born and educated in Kiev where he graduated as a doctor in 1916, but gave up the practice of medicine in 1920 to devote himself to literature. In 1925 he completed the satirical novella \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, which remained unpublished in the Soviet Union until 1987. This was one of the many defeats he was to suffer at the hands of his censors. By 1930 Bulgakov had become so frustrated by the political atmosphere and the suppression of his works that he wrote to Stalin begging to be allowed to emigrate if he was not to be given the opportunity to make his living as a writer in the USSR. Stalin telephoned him personally and offered to arrange a job for him at the Moscow Arts Theatre instead. In 1938, a year before contracting a fatal illness, he completed his prose masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 1940. In 1966-7, thanks to the persistance of his widow, the novel made a first, incomplete, appearance in \u003ci\u003eMoskva\u003c\/i\u003e, and in 1973 appeared in full.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65808619209053,"sku":"K061007260","price":14.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6100726000001A.jpg?v=1788502788","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-master-and-margarita-michail-bulgakow-9781784871932","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}