![]() ![]() ![]() Its central characters, Woland (Satan) and his retinue-including the vodka-drinking black cat, Behemoth the poet, Ivan Homeless Pontius Pilate and a writer known only as The Master, and his passionate companion, Margarita-exist in a world that blends fantasy and chilling realism, an artful collage of grotesqueries, dark comedy, and timeless ethical questions. Combining two distinct yet interwoven parts-one set in ancient Jerusalem, one in contemporary Moscow-the novel veers from moods of wild theatricality with violent storms, vampire attacks, and a Satanic ball to such somber scenes as the meeting of Pilate and Yeshua, and the murder of Judas in the moonlit garden of Gethsemane to the substanceless, circus-like reality of Moscow. Mikhail Bulgakov's devastating satire of Soviet life was written during the darkest period of Stalin's regime. ![]()
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