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It was a hot summer night in July 2003 and I was admiring the Eiffel Tower from the open window of a nice penthouse at the Avenue Émile Zola in Paris. I was talking to Tatiana Poppel, a Russian friend who lived there. We were discussing literature and I told her about my favourite novel, Cien años de soledad, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. And then it was her turn. She told me a strange, but funny story about the Devil visiting Moscow. I was listening and I was amused, but without really trying to remember the name of the novel nor its author. But the story never left me. It was saved in my brains forever.
One year later the images came back, and how! Another Russian friend of mine, Irina Ternovaya, advised me to read The Master and Margarita, written by Mikhael Bulgakov. And so I did. With quite some dramatic consequences. I lost my heart in Moscow, it will stay there forever and I started learning Russian because, one day, I want to be able to read it in the original language....
You can use the menu at the top to learn more about Mikhael Bulgakov, the story and its themes, the political and social context, the characters and the locations, and discover how this novel inspired many others to create music, movie pictures or theatre plays. Have a regular look at the newspage too, because Bulgakov is still alive...
Welcome to the wonderful world of The Master and Margarita....
news
15.05.2010 - Contract for a new film
Sergey Shilovskiy, grandson of Elena Sergeevna, the third wife of Mikhail Bulgakov, announced yesterday that he has signed a contract to grant the film rights for The Master and Margarita to the American production compa-ny Stone Village Pictures.
03.04.2010 - An e-Store on the website
The website opened an e-store, where subtitled films, unpublished works by Mikhail Bulgakov and studies and essays on The Master and Margarita can be downloaded for a small fee.
Buy online
The novel translated in English by Hugh Aplin (Amazon)
Oneworld Classics, 2008
The Master and Margarita
The DVD of the TV serial by Vladimir Bortko (M&M e-Store)
English, French and Dutch subtitles
The comic strip by Andrzej Klimowski (Amazon)
English version
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This site practical
your guide through the novel
In this section are explained, per chapter, all typical notions, names of people and places, quotations and expressions from the novel with a description of the political, social, economical and cultural context.
Bulgakov's Moscow
Have a look at the most important places from the novel at a single glance on a clickable map of Moscow.
Virtual tour of Yershalaim
Have a look at all the places of Yershalaim seen from the air, from the Antonia Tower to the palace of Herod.
