Mikhail Bulgakov: The Prince of Darkness. The Complete History of The Master and Margarita

The words "manuscripts do not burn" from the novel "The Master and Margarita" accurately convey the tragedy of a whole period in the history of Russian literature and are a metaphor for genuine creativity. The history of the creation of one of the most amazing and mysterious novels of the twentieth century can be reconstructed according to the surviving editions and variants that are presented in this publication. To trace how the text of the novel was born under the pen of Mikhail Bulgakov right up to the final edition, what episodes it gradually acquired, at what point certain characters appeared in it, and when it was called The Master and Margarita is an extremely exciting task. Collected together, the editions and variants of the novel allow us to talk about how great the distance is between the last edition of the novel and the original plan. This book will be a wonderful gift for lovers of Mikhail Bulgakov's work.

Author: Mikhail Bulgakov

Pages: 1120 (offset). hard cover

Dimensions: 216x151x48 mm