{"product_id":"the-master-and-margarita-9780143108276","title":"The Master and Margarita","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece of satire and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNothing in the whole of literature compares with \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e. One spring afternoon, the Devil, trailing fire and chaos in his wake, weaves himself out of the shadows and into Moscow. Mikhail Bulgakov's fantastical, funny, and devastating satire of Soviet life combines two distinct yet interwoven parts: one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem. Each part is brimming with historical, imaginary, frightful, and wonderful characters. Written during the darkest days of Stalin's reign, and finally published in 1966 and 1967, \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e became a literary phenomenon, signaling artistic and spiritual freedom for Russians everywhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis newly revised translation, by the award-winning team of Pevear and Volokhonsky, is made from the complete and unabridged Russian text.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikhail Bulgakov\u003c\/b\u003e (1891-1940) was a doctor, a novelist, a playwright, a short-story writer, and the assistant director of the Moscow Arts Theater. His body of work includes \u003ci\u003eThe White Guard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fatal Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeart of a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, and his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e, published more than twenty-five years after his death and cited as an inspiration for Salman Rushdie's \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky\u003c\/b\u003e (translators) have translated works by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Gogol, and Pasternak. They were twice awarded the PEN\/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize, for their translations of Dostoyevsky's \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e and Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e. Pevear, a native of Boston, and Volokhonsky, of St. Petersburg, are married and live in Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoris Fishman\u003c\/b\u003e (foreword) is the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eA Replacement Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which was one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' 100 Notable Books of 2014 and won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and the American Library Association's Sophie Brody Medal, and \u003ci\u003eDon't Let My Baby Do Rodeo.\u003c\/i\u003e His journalism, essays, and criticism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. Fishman has taught at Princeton University and New York University. Born in Minsk, Belarus, he moved to the United States at age nine and now lives in New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Conn Askew\u003c\/b\u003e (cover illustrator) is a painter and tattoo artist whose illustrations have appeared on the covers of books, albums, and magazines. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575600779538,"sku":"9780143108276","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f23e8c8e-9c84-4e8d-adf0-cfa1189520b2.jpg?v=1748731441","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-master-and-margarita-9780143108276","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}