To the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Bulgakov! “A Novel about the Devil”—that’s how Bulgakov himself defined the concept behind “The Master and Margarita.”
What kind of relationship did the great writer have with evil forces, and how did his main novel change—from the first version titled “The Black Magician” to the penultimate one, “Prince of Darkness”?
What is the detective line in Bulgakov’s masterpiece based on?
Who should be considered the real-life prototypes of Woland, Azazello, Korovyev, and Behemoth?
And what price did Bulgakov have to pay for attempting to look into the Abyss and penetrate the “Department of Satan”?
Answering all these questions, this book deciphers the secret codes and dangerous riddles of the greatest novel in Russian literature.