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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

September 22, 2024 by Malin 1 Comment

3.5 stars Nowhere Books Bingo: Banned books (Wasn’t published until 27 years after Bulgakov’s death, and only then in a censored version. ) CBR16 Bingo: Cult (cult classic, and there’s the whole Devil and his entourage as a central plot point – that’s pretty cultish, right?) I can’t remember exactly how long The Master and Margarita has been on my TBR list, but it’s certainly more than twenty years. A quick glance on Goodreads shows me that 15 of my friends have rated it four […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, 20th Century, Allegorical, banned books, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Communism, cult, cult classic, historical fiction, horror, literary classic, Malin, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nowhere Book Bingo, political satire, The Master and Margarita, the soviet union

Malin's CBR16 Review No:57 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, 20th Century, Allegorical, banned books, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Communism, cult, cult classic, historical fiction, horror, literary classic, Malin, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nowhere Book Bingo, political satire, The Master and Margarita, the soviet union ·
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