Will have to re-read, preferably after consulting an analysis of this book. Much of the story's sub-text went WAY over my head, and I just couldn't get into it at all, though it did have its moments.
3.5 StarsThere's no denying that The Master and Margarita is a classic and one of the several Russian (and particularly Soviet) novels that must be read. However, it is difficult to become enamoured with a novel that throws so many different and conflicting ideas into one plot line. The Master and M...
This goes in my bucket of 'great' books that I know meant more than what I gleaned from reading it, but I didn't quite get. How to describe this one? It's a story that bounces back and forth in time from the crucifixion of Christ to Soviet Russia during the 1930's. It has elements of Dante's infe...
It's one part Dostoevsky, one part Kafka and that equals a whole hell of a lot of "what huh?"Explaining the story would kill the magic for those who haven't read it. It's for you to discover...besides, I'm not sure I could explain the bloody thing. Upon finishing The Master and Margarita I was left ...
Comparison of all three translations I read in progress... It will be posted here once it is finished. My review of the novel itself is posted here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/304643397
I am not quite sure what I think about this book. I enjoyed it, but I didn't love it. The sudden twists and turns in tone didn't throw me off, but they did leave me a bit discombobulated. I wonder if I was trying to read it too closely, if I should have just let it wash over me the first time, and t...
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