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antoni4040 's review for:
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
Weird from start to finish, both subtle political satire and imaginative escapade, Bulgakov's masterpiece is certainly something that will stay with the reader for a long time. I can't think of any other book that manages to combine modern-day Moscow (at least modern for the author) with Jerusalem in the time of Christ, or the pranks of the literal Devil and his gang with a deep narrative about an artist's struggle to express himself in a society where this is forbidden and a woman's eternal devotion to this same man and his work. I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll simply quote a phrase that I think perfectly summarizes this novel:
"Kindly consider the question: what would your good do if evil did not exist, and what would the earth look like if shadows disappeared from it?"
And of course the eternal:
"Manuscripts don't burn."
"Kindly consider the question: what would your good do if evil did not exist, and what would the earth look like if shadows disappeared from it?"
And of course the eternal:
"Manuscripts don't burn."