El maestro y Margarita

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Hardcover, 576 pages

Published April 1, 2014 by Nevsky Prospects S.L..

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978-84-941637-4-6
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The Master and Margarita (Russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940 during Stalin's regime. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published in Moscow magazine in 1966–1967, after the writer's death, by his widow. The manuscript was not published as a book until 1967, in Paris. A samizdat version circulated that included parts cut out by official censors, and these were incorporated in a 1969 version published in Frankfurt. The novel has since been published in several languages and editions. The story concerns a visit by the devil and his entourage to the officially atheistic Soviet Union. The devil, manifested as one Professor Woland, challenges the Soviet citizens' beliefs towards religion and condemns their behavior throughout the book. The Master and Margarita combines supernatural elements with satirical dark comedy and Christian philosophy, defying …

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A multifaceted masterpiece

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The Master and Margarita is horror, it’s comedy, it’s surrealism, it’s philosophy. And of course it’s satire—satire of Stalinist Russia, but also of any corrupt, fascist bureaucracy.

One scene that will stay with me takes place at Satan’s ball, where Margarita is introduced to a number of damned souls. Among them is a young woman who worked in a cafe, was made pregnant by the owner, and smothered the baby. Margarita asks, “And where is the owner of the cafe?” He’s not there, but obviously both Margarita and the author think he should be. (Later, when Satan owes Margarita a favor, she uses it to intercede for this woman.)

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Un personaje de pesadilla ha llegado a Moscú, en plena era soviética, con todos sus recovecos administrativos y burocráticos. Volan un mago que pretende presentarse en el teatro aun cuando no cumpla con todos los requisitos y se le interpongan, aunque no por mucho tiempo, los burócratas del arte y la cultura de la Unión Soviética. Este es un libro que en realidad son tres. Comienza como una sátira al sistema soviético de cultura. Donde si supiéramos quiénes son los afectados por la llegada del enigmático Volan, las cosas serían mucho más divertidas. Tienen la sensación de estarte perdiendo algo continuamente, pero aun así el libro es divertido y desde el primer momento el tono te indica que no hay que tomárselo muy en serio.
A la mitad el libro se transforma en fantasía (por medio de una crema corporal) con toques de cuento de hadas ruso. Si has tenido …

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