The Master and Margarita

Resumen del libro

A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita is considered a masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian literature. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

This edition is translated by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, and features an introduction by Orlando Figes. In Mikhail Bulgakov's imaginative extravaganza, Satan, disguised as a magician, descends upon Moscow in the 1930s with his riotous band, which includes a talking cat and an expert assassin. This visit has several aims, one of which concerns the fate of the Master, an author who has written a novel about Pontius Pilate and is now in a mental hospital.

By turns satiric, fantastic and ironically philosophical, The Master and Margarita constantly surprises and entertains as the action switches back and forth between twentieth-century Moscow and first-century Jerusalem.

Biografía del autor

Poeta, novelista, ensayista y periodista, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (Barcelona, 1939 - Bangkok, 2003) forma parte del selecto grupo de intelectuales indispensables para entender la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Autor multidisciplinar, fueron sus novelas protagonizadas por el detective Pepe Carvalho las que lo convirtieron en un fenómeno narrativo internacional. Ganador, entre otros galardones, del Premio Nacional de Narrativa, del Premio de la Crítica, del Premio Nacional de las Letras y del Premio Planeta, en toda su obra existe un vínculo común: la recuperación de la memoria a través de la crónica social. Fuera cual fuese el género que tratara, el objetivo de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán fue cuestionar el desorden del mundo desde una perspectiva absolutamente personal e inimitable.