Sergej Leontjevitsj Maksudov hater sin jobb som medarbeider i Tidsskrift for dampskibstrafikk. Nettene bruker han til å skrive en roman som ingen forlag vil røre, i en tid med streng sensur. Da alt håp ser er ut til å være ute dukker det likevel opp en redaktør som vil utgi romanen, og i neste[...]

Bogen betragtes som et af det tyvende århundredes satiriske hovedværker. Med tydelig adresse til det stalinistiske Sovjetunionen kunne den lille roman ikke publiceres før 1987. Satiren rækker dog langt videre. Bulgakovs roman tematiserer forunderligt universelt forholdet mellem skaberen og det s[...]

Parandatud kordustrukk Mihail Bulgakovi filosoofilisest, poeetilisest, satiirilisest ja kaunist raamatust, mis kuulub kindlasti 20. sajandi suurteoste hulka. Kirjanik alustas romaani kallal tood 1928. aastal, puudes uhendada satiirilise groteski ja fatasmagooria kasitlusega Jumalast ja Saatanast. Al[...]

A semi-autobiographical novel by the Russian author best known for The Master and the Margarita describes a writer's failure to sell his novel and then his inability to commit suicide, as well as his discovery of the unexpected consequences of literary success when his play is accepted for a theatri[...]

Set in Moscow of the 1920's, this satirical novel recounts the dealings a writer and his mistress have with Satan[...]

When Soviet censors approved Mikhail Bulgakov's stage adaptation of Don Quixote, they were unaware that they were sanctioning a subtle but powerful criticism of Stalinist rule. The author whose novel The Master and Margarita would eventually bring him world renown achieved this sleight of hand throu[...]

After being saved from a suicide attempt by a literary editor, the journalist and failed novelist Sergei Maxudov has a book suddenly accepted for stage adaptation at a prestigious venue and finds himself propelled into Moscow's theatrical world. In a cut-throat environment tainted by Soviet politics[...]