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The Master and Margarita
novel by Mikhail Bulgakov / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Master and Margarita is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940), a Russian author. It has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.[1][2] Like much of Bulgakov's work, magic realism and fantasy occur against the background of life in the 1920s Soviet Russia.
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Author | Mikhail Bulgakov |
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Original title | Мастер и Маргарита |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Genre | Fantastic, farce, mysticism, romance, satire, Modernist literature |
Publisher | YMCA Press |
Publication date | 1966–67 (in serial form), 1967 (in single volume), 1973 (uncensored version) |
Published in English | 1967 |
Media type | Print (hard & paperback) |
ISBN | 0-14-118014-5 (Penguin paperback) |
OCLC | 37156277 |
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