Author
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891–1940) was a Russian writer and playwright, trained as a physician. He published little in his lifetime and was harshly attacked by the Soviet authorities; he wrote The Master and Margarita “for the drawer” from 1928 almost until his death, knowing the novel would likely never be published. It first appeared (in abridged form) only in 1966–67, a quarter century after the author's death, and immediately became one of the essential books of the 20th century.
Books in Livria
- The Master and Margarita
A novel Bulgakov wrote and burned, rewrote and hid for more than a decade, and never lived to see printed. It's at once a biting satire of 1930s Moscow, a love story of tremendous force, and a philosophical parable…