{"product_id":"the-master-and-margarita-mikhail-bulgakov-9781529012118","title":"The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eA literary sensation from its first publication,\u003ci\u003e The Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e is considered a masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, and features an introduction by Orlando Figes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Mikhail Bulgakov's imaginative extravaganza, Satan, disguised as a magician, descends upon Moscow in the 1930s with his riotous band, which includes a talking cat and an expert assassin. This visit has several aims, one of which concerns the fate of the Master, an author who has written a novel about Pontius Pilate and is now in a mental hospital. By turns satiric, fantastic and ironically philosophical,\u003ci\u003e The Master and Margarita \u003c\/i\u003econstantly surprises and entertains as the action switches back and forth between twentieth-century Moscow and first-century Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMikhail Bulgakov was born in 1891 in Kiev, in present-day Ukraine. He first trained in medicine but gave up his profession as a doctor to pursue writing. He started working on \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e in 1928 but due to censorship it was not published until 1966, more than twenty-five years after Bulgakov's death.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 560 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65879015129437,"sku":"K091797965","price":12.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9179796500001A.jpg?v=1788987075","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-master-and-margarita-mikhail-bulgakov-9781529012118","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}