The Master and Margarita: A Graphic Novel (Eye Classics)
Banned for 27 years and initially published in a heavily censored edition, The Master and Margarita is probably the most important Russian novel of the 20th century. Written as a satire of Stalin's suffocating bureaucracy, the book has inspired Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, The Rolling...
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Banned for 27 years and initially published in a heavily censored edition, The Master and Margarita is probably the most important Russian novel of the 20th century. Written as a satire of Stalin's suffocating bureaucracy, the book has inspired Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, The Rolling Stones' song Sympathy for the Devil and the work of many other international artists, writers and musicians. The latest in SelfMadeHero's highly successful Eye Classics series, whose previous volumes include Romeo and Juliet and Nevermore.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780955816925 (0955816920)
Publish date: April 9th 2008
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Magical Realism
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More of a highlights reel than an adaptation and I would encourage anyone who hasn't to read the full length novel instead. The illustrations are lovely, and the sparse use of color is very well done. But it's rather far from capturing most of the magic of Bulgokav's tale.I need to dig up my copy of...
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 by Mikhail Bulgakov, Andrzej Klimowski, Danusia Schejbal, now listed on BookLikes)