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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - A review.
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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov A review Set in Moscow during the darkest period of Stalin's regime, in the 1930s after the Russian Revolution, The Master and Margarita is a piece of literary alchemy. It is a fusion of Geothe's Faust, fragments of autobiography, an alternative version of the crucifixion of Christ, a tale of political repression and a meditation on the role of an artist in a society bereft of freedom and individuality. The book does not have a readily describable plot as the narrative structure is intricate and complex, with several stories nestled in one; inside one narrative there is another, and then another, and yet another. The Master and Margarita begins by inter-weaving two apparently unconnected tales and later introduces a third which unites the other two narratives at the end. The first narrative concerns a visit to Moscow (1930) by the devil in...
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