Set in the 1930s, the novel’s vision of Soviet lifeis so painfully accurate that, for fear of political purging, it could not be published during Bulgakov’s lifetime. The truths portrayed in The Master and Margarita are inveterate in society that key phrases from the book has become common Russian speech. Two closely interwoven narratives (although not very obvious at the beginning), one concerning Moscow and the other Pontius Pilate in Jesus’ times, make up this cinematic novel, which audaci... (show more)
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Witty narration and extensive list of characters (which at times was confusing but admittedly I haven't read much Russian literature.) Overall I liked the story's format going back and forth between individual stories and it's refreshing perspective on the devil who is remarkably fair to the morally corrupt characters he finds.
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