pbA soaring, dazzling novel iThe New York Timesi, here is Mirra Ginsburg's critically-acclaimed translation of one of the most important and best-loved modern classics in world literature.bp pp piThe Master and Margaritai has been captivating readers around the world ever since its first publication in 1967. Written during Stalin's time in power but suppressed in the Soviet Union for decades, Bulgakov's masterpiece is an ironic parable on power and its corruption, on good and evil, and on human frailty and the strength of love.p pp pIn iThe Master and Margaritai, the Devil himself pays a visit to Soviet Moscow. Accompanied by a retinue that includes the fast-talking, vodka-drinking, giant tomcat Behemoth, he sets about creating a whirlwind of chaos that soon involves the beautiful Margarita and her beloved, a distraught writer known only as the Master, and even Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate. iThe Master and Margaritai combines fable, fantasy, political satire, and slapstick comedy to