![]() ![]() ![]() a huge, mischievous, gun-happy, fast-talking black cat Behemoth, a subversive Puss in Boots. ![]() This mysterious magician of uncertain origin arrives with a retinue. The first plot theme is the Devil in modern Moscow the second is the story of Pontius Pilate.ġ930s Moscow is visited by Satan in the guise of "Professor" Woland or Voland (Воланд). It starts with a plot in which two apparently unrelated stories alternate chapter by chapter. The novel is a satire on the Soviet society, a love story and an ironical look at some religious themes, all interwoven with elements and characters from the Faust legend. With a fascinating cast of characters, the novel in its deepest layer is about the interplay of good and evil, innocence and guilt, courage and cowardice. Like much of Bulgakov's work, magic realism and fantasy occur against the background of life in the 1920s Soviet Russia. It has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. The Master and Margarita is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940), a Russsian author. The Master in the lunatic asylum: from the Severodvinsk drama theatre ![]()
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