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The master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov, Diana Burgin, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Orlando Figes

Set in 1930s Moscow, this satirical novel follows a visit by the Devil and his retinue to the atheist Soviet Union. It interweaves supernatural occurrences with a philosophical narrative concerning the trial of Yeshua Ha-Nozri in Roman Judaea.

Accession 33849 ISBN 9781529012118 Publisher Macmillan Collector's Library
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