{"title":"Mikhail Bulgakov","description":"Mikhail Bulgakov (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 The White Guard, The Fatal Eggs, Heart of a Dog, and his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita, published more than twenty-five years after his death and cited as an inspiration for Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.","products":[{"product_id":"the-master-and-margarita-paperback","title":"The Master and Margarita - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003e Nothing 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 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This newly revised translation, by the award-winning team of Pevear and Volokhonsky, is made from the complete and unabridged Russian text. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101591113951,"sku":"9780143108276","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QXA2NC9yZkRIVlBRZlVYUHlvWEo4UT09.webp?v=1781071784"},{"product_id":"heart-of-a-dog-paperback","title":"Heart of a Dog - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeart of a Dog (Sobachye serdtse) is a novella by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting satire of Bolshevism, it was written in 1925 at the height of the NEP period, when communism appeared to be relaxing in the Soviet Union. It is generally interpreted as an allegory of the Communist revolution and \"the revolution's misguided attempt to radically transform mankind.\" Its publication was initially prohibited in the Soviet Union, but it circulated in samizdat until it was officially released in the country in 1987. It was almost immediately turned into a TV movie, which was aired in late 1988 on First Programme (First Channel) of Soviet Television, gained almost universal acclaim and attracted many readers to the original Bulgakov text. Since then, the novella has become a cultural phenomenon in Russia, known and discussed by people \"from schoolchildren to politicians.\" It has become a subject of critical argument, was filmed in Russian and Italian-language versions, and was adapted in English as a play and an opera. 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It was almost immediately turned into a TV movie, which was aired in late 1988 on First Programme (First Channel) of Soviet Television, gained almost universal acclaim and attracted many readers to the original Bulgakov text. Since then, the novella has become a cultural phenomenon in Russia, known and discussed by people \"from schoolchildren to politicians.\" It has become a subject of critical argument, was filmed in Russian and Italian-language versions, and was adapted in English as a play and an opera. 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Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing to literally go to hell for him.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101634629855,"sku":"9781419756504","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SVROMDFqWTBrU1hWYXVPRDgwTzl3UT09.webp?v=1781071866"},{"product_id":"the-master-and-margarita-paperback-2","title":"The Master and Margarita - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"soaring, dazzling novel\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), Mirra Ginsburg's critically-acclaimed translation of one of the most important and best-loved modern classics in world literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e has been captivating readers around the world ever since its first publication in 1967. Written during Stalin's time in power but suppressed in the Soviet Union for decades, Bulgakov's masterpiece is an ironic parable on power and its corruption, on good and evil, and on human frailty and the strength of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e, the Devil himself pays a visit to Soviet Moscow. Accompanied by a retinue that includes the fast-talking, vodka-drinking, giant tomcat Behemoth, he sets about creating a whirlwind of chaos that soon involves the beautiful Margarita and her beloved, a distraught writer known only as the Master, and even Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate. \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e combines fable, fantasy, political satire, and slapstick comedy to create a wildly entertaining and unforgettable tale that is commonly considered the greatest novel to come out of the Soviet Union. 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