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MY LIFE WITH 'MASTER AND MARGARITA'

Advantages: Read and decide.
Disadvantages: None as such, you stupid box. Not for everybody perhaps.

'Early in the morning on the fourteenth of the spring month of Nisan, the Procurator of Judea, Pontius Pilate, in a white cloak lined with blood-red...' In the days before audience measurement, when some books were banned from official publishing and ...

magdadh 07.08.2004 · Read full review
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Review of The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov

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The Hero Had Gone Into The Abyss...

Advantages: Ah, the wonderful Bulgakov style
Disadvantages: It sadly has to finish

...Having been introduced to this book by The Lawrence Arms (see previous reviews about this punk band) I was expecting to find it a good read. It was more than this; it was addictive, compelling in every sense, a real joy to read. I have been meaning to rev ...

heideroosjes 02.07.2004 · Read full review
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Masterful

Advantages: Everything good you can think of in one book
Disadvantages: The covers not a great design ...

...many books you read and know are the work of a genius. Even the so-calledclassics can leave a lot of people doubting that their as good as their reputation. This, however is a good book. I read it twice when i first encountered it and i st ...

Telute 14.02.2001 · Read full review
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Master & Margarita

Advantages: A great read, totally immersible
Disadvantages: some difficult parts to read through

Without sounding over the top here, this is possibly the most wonderful, immersing read I have experienced. I decided to buy The Master and Margarita, after reading a collection of short stories by Bulgakov, sent to me by a Russian friend. The first t ...

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Never Talk To Strangers

Advantages: Nice pace, great story
Disadvantages: Sometimes disjointed

The Devil arrives in Moscow, much to the annoyance of the Variety Theatre! He succeds in destroying their reputation, the members of the litertery commuinity and Mosocw in general. The title refers to a writer, who handed himself into an asylum when he ...

Doom 08.04.2001 · Read full review
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