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| | AbfiMagazine.com - Literature |
 | | Mikhail Bulgakov's devastating satire of Soviet life was written during the darkest period of Stalin's regime. |
 | | Its central characters, Woland (Satan) and his retinue-including the vodka-drinking, fl cat, Behemoth; the poet, Ivan Homeless; Pontius Pilate; and a writer known only as The Master, and his passionate companion, Margarita-exist in a world that blends fantasy and chilling realism, an artful collage of grostesqueries, dark comedy, and timeless ethical questions. |
 | | Although completed in 1940, The Master and Margarita was not published in Moscow until 1966, when the first part appeared in the magazine Moskva. |
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