Tenth Anniversary Edition: Newly Revised and Updated
The Russian literary world is shaken to its foundations when a mysterious gentleman, a professor of black magic, arrives in Moscow accompanied by a strange retinue of servants. It soon becomes clear that he is the Devil himself, come to wreak havoc among the cultural elite of an unbelieving capital. But the Devil's mission soon becomes entangled with the fate of the Master, a man who has abandoned his former life and sought refuge in a mental asylum, and his former lover, Margarita.
The Master and Margarita, a satirical comedy and a daring examination of the nature of good and evil, innocence and guilt, is the crowning achievement of one of the greatest Russian writers of the 20th century.
It contains extensive critical analysis and further reading material, including a section of photographs and notes.