The master and Margarita

"The master and Margarita" Mikhail Bulgakov — the most amazing and mysterious work of the twentieth century. Published in the mid-1960s, this novel struck readers unusual design, colorful and fantastic nature of the action, uniting heroes from different eras and cultures. The author has created "novel in the novel" where woven together religious and historical mystery, going back to the legend of the crucified Christ, Moscow "buffoonery" and supernatural scenes with characters that embody some dark force, which, however, "eternally wills evil and eternally works good".
"There is in this book some Besancenot, some dying twinkle of great talent..." — wrote Konstantin Simonov in his Preface to the first publication of the novel that opened the world of a great artist, a true master of words.