by Mijail Bulgákov · EDICIONES OBELISCO S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788411723312
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An elegant and mocking foreigner appears in Moscow on a sweltering spring afternoon. He calls himself Woland and is none other than the devil himself, accompanied by an entourage of characters as grotesque as they are charming. With his arrival, the city of Moscow becomes the scene of inexplicable phenomena, satanic entanglements, and Kafkaesque trials that expose the hypocrisy of Soviet society. Meanwhile, a woman named Margarita will make a pact with dark forces to be reunited with her beloved: a writer whom censorship and misery have driven to despair and whom she simply calls the Master. With a dizzying structure that intertwines satire, philosophy, history, and tragic love, The Master and Margarita is much more than a novel: it is a manifesto of spiritual freedom, a narrative heresy, an unclassifiable work that dares to argue with God, power, and death. Published posthumously after decades of censorship, it continues to baffle and enlighten generations of readers.
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. He also wrote the novel The White Guard and the plays Ivan Vasilievich, Flight, and The Days of the Turbins.
