Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov Books

One Of The Great Imaginative Novels Of The Century, A Fierce Political Satire, Filled With The Most Dazzling Surreal Humour. One Hot Spring, The Devil Arrives In Moscow, Accompanied By Two Demons, A Beautiful Naked Witch And A Huge Black Cat With A Fondness For Chess And Vodka. When The Visitors Leave, The Asylums Are Full And The Forces Of Law And Order In Disarray. Only The Master, A Man Devoted To Truth, And Margarita, The Woman He Loves, Remain Undiminished. An Audacious Revision Of The Stories Of Faust And Pontius Pilate, The Master And Margarita Is One Of The Essential Classics Of Modern Russian Literature.

As the turbulent years following the Russian revolution of 1917 settle down into a new Soviet reality, the brilliant and eccentric zoologist Persikov discovers an amazing ray that drastically increases the size and reproductive rate of living organisms. At the same time, a mysterious plague wipes out all the chickens in the Soviet republics. The government expropriates Persikov's untested invention in order to rebuild the poultry industry, but a horrible mix-up quickly leads to a disaster that could threaten the entire world.This H. G. Wells-inspired novel by the legendary Mikhail Bulgakov is the only one of his larger works to have been published in its entirety during the author's lifetime. A poignant work of social science fiction and a brilliant satire on the Soviet revolution, it can now be enjoyed by English-speaking audiences through this accurate new translation.Includes annotations and afterword.