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Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Stories only		12	EnriqueFreeque, Today 7:54pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : DonnaReads through the 2nd Half of 2009		224	msf59, Today 7:52pm
Hogwarts Express : Word Association #26		538	Tid, Today 5:22pm
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75 Books Challenge for 2009 : blackdogbooks 2009 Chapter 3		174	flissp, Today 5:12am
Club Read 2009 : Solla's reading and other thoughts		103	solla, Today 12:54am
A Pearl of Wisdom and Enlightenment : Books on Wisdom and Enlightenment.		72	ecohealth2003, Yesterday 5:48pm
1001 Books to read before you die : How many have you read?		265	ekebivibeke, Yesterday 12:01pm
Défi 999 (999 Challenge en français) : Cecilturtle - mes catégories		41	Cecilturtle, Yesterday 10:40am
Book talk : Choose a Book That You Would Enjoy Reading and Haven't Yet		90	Porua, Yesterday 4:14am
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Thinking aloud thread for 2010		318	semckibbin, Yesterday 2:02am
50-Something Library Thingers : What are you reading in 2009 #2		89	lbradf, Saturday 9:45pm
Lectures des francophones : Cecilturtle - lectures de 2009		64	Cecilturtle, Saturday 9:07pm
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : I came, I saw, I pondered: Clarel		76	nannybebette, Saturday 4:03pm
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : How many books do you read a year ?		66	nannybebette, Saturday 3:14pm
999 Challenge : BJ's 999 Categories and Books		222	billiejean, Friday 12:17pm
1010 Category Challenge : dreamlikecheese's 1010 Challenge		66	divinenanny, Wednesday 1:42am
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Listmania I -- Ten Novels Likeliest to Survive the Test of Time, Not Written Originally in English		42	Macumbeira, Monday 10:46pm
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 24, 2009?		220	bibleeohfile, Monday 9:11pm
1001 Books to read before you die : brochettes is trying to read 1001 books before she dies- and hopes that she lives a very long life..		29	RMXtreme, Monday 7:41am
TBR Challenge : Jennifer's TNR List 2009		25	socialpages, November 8
20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library?		121	dancingstarfish, November 8
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 31, 2009?		201	teelgee, November 7
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Your personal top 10 all time favorites list(s)		289	tomcatMurr, November 5
Lectures des francophones : Mr_Inverno - lectures 2009		38	Mr_Inverno, November 5
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home - October 2009		180	momom248, November 1
The Green Dragon : October 2009 stuff bought		68	katylit, November 1
Club Read 2009 : WilfGehlen - The Quest		84	zenomax, November 1
999 Challenge : Moneybeets'		94	moneybeets, October 30
Book talk : Books about Purgatory, Hell and Demons		16	FFortuna, October 30
Dewey Decimal Challenge : bfertig joins the crowd		49	lorax, October 29
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : girlunderglass wrapped up in books (pt. IV)		120	deebee1, October 28
Books that made me think : Message Board		143	shanglee, October 25
1010 Category Challenge : davidw's 1010 challenge		16	davidw, October 24
LibraryThing Coffeehouse : Books That Go Good With Coffee		27	Cecilturtle, October 24
Awful Lit. : Books to be struck from HS reading lists!		263	dukeallen, October 22
Book talk : Classics: where to start?		19	Sandydog1, October 16
Literary Snobs : At 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and Beyond		38	SilverTome, October 11
1001 Books to read before you die : pamdis 1001 reading list		5	pamdis, October 11
1010 Category Challenge : Rosemeria's 1010 Challenge		14	rosemeria, October 8
1001 Books to read before you die : hdc versus 1001 books (2008)		2	hdcclassic, October 8
Book talk : Choose a book that you haven't read yet. (4)		329	callmejacx, October 7
Folio Society devotees : Which books would you like to see as Folio volumes? (2)		117	jburlinson, October 6
What Are You Reading Now? : Your Best Reads of the Second Quarter (April - June 2009)		54	dchaikin, October 5
Literary Snobs : What Are You Reading , September 2009 ?		214	anna_in_pdx, October 1
FantasyFans : Barely fantasy recommendations		44	lquilter, October 1
Club Read 2009 : TomcatMurr's Funky Summer		130	tomcatMurr, September 27
Literary Snobs : New to Group-- reading Sister Carrie		8	kswolff, September 27
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Is this a private group, or can anyone join in?		13	Medellia, September 26
Folio Society devotees : Illustrators you would love to see in FS volumes		33	Stephan68, September 26
Books on Books : Books in books		18	SecretariatGirl, September 24
Book talk : best book ever		36	momom248, September 21
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of September 12, 2009?		239	teelgee, September 20
Group Reads - Literature : Hello?		13	digifish_books, September 17
999 Challenge : Ivy's 999		176	ShaggyBag, September 10
Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : The Master And Margarita		92	DavidX, September 5
50-Something Library Thingers : What are You Reading in 2009?		178	megwaiteclayton, September 2
Reading Globally : lindsacl reads around the world		85	lindsacl, September 1
Literary Snobs : August 2009 Reading		106	CliffBurns, August 31
1001 Books to read before you die : What 1001 Book are You Reading: August 2009		86	klobrien2, August 31
Reading Globally : Charbutton's African summer		98	bfertig, August 31
Canadian Bookworms : August 2009: What are you reading?		33	LynnB, August 30
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Marian tries for 75 in 2009		56	alcottacre, August 30
Folio Society devotees : How many Folio books have you read this year?		29	pm11, August 26
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of August 15, 2009?		286	FicusFan, August 22
The City and the Book : Moscow		2	vpfluke, August 21
Folio Society devotees : Possible new titles		105	FionaCat, August 16
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of August 8, 2009?		268	scarpettajunkie, August 16
100 Books Challenge for 2009 : jfetting's 100 book challenge - 2009		270	jfetting, August 15
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 May 2008		202	Storeetllr, August 14
Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Know? July 2009		108	grelobe, August 13
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 25, 2009?		226	Arten60, August 8
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Kidzdoc's 75 Book Challenge for 2009 #3		259	kidzdoc, August 6
Historical Fiction : Russia		5	omaca, August 2
1001 Books to read before you die : What 1001 book are you reading: July 2009		103	susiesharp, August 1
999 Challenge : July 2009: What are you reading?		60	VictoriaPL, July 31
Folio Society devotees : 2010 books - a first look		43	Quicksilver66, July 30
Literary Snobs : July 2009 reading		132	Medellia, July 28
Book talk : Supporting Characters in books		30	AMQS, July 24
Book talk : Books and characters you can't forget ....		31	grelobe, July 20
Folio Society devotees : Dear Mole		68	overthemoon, July 16
Group Reads - Literature : The Master and Margherita		2	kjellika, July 16
Folio Society devotees : New LE Moby Dick		47	Irieisa, July 13
Club Read 2009 : charbutton's 2009 reading		177	charbutton, July 10
999 Challenge : Shannon's '09 list		51	ShannonMDE, July 6
Book talk : Books you just couldn't put down		22	socialpages, July 4
Readers Against Struggling Through Books We Hate : A genre of particular distaste?		30	Sandydog1, July 3
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BookCrossing Australia! : Group reading log: June 2009		165	wookiebender, June 30
1001 Books to read before you die : Arubabookwoman's 1001 Quest-1-36		15	arubabookwoman, June 28
999 Challenge : merry10's 999 challenge		51	merry10, June 23
Reading Globally : JUNE 2009 Theme Read: The Arts -- sugestions		27	streamsong, June 13
Reading Globally : Recommendations for Asian/Russian Writers		23	augustau, June 9
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of 30 May, 2009?		231	FicusFan, June 8
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... the books that are available for the kindle are not listed in Amazon's site. For example, if I go to ebooks and look for The master and the margarita, it is listed in the Sony store, but not Amazon. Likewise with The White Guard. This is not true for all books. For example, The White Tig ...

... (you can understand why I checked that thread out). This thread is for stories, no lists. And be warned, Thanks to Master and Marguerite I have learned a few things, and my claws are still sharp. So, stories please, preferably about cats, but any stories will do.

14: Shanra - eck. coursework just increases the tbr pile. it sucks. lol I never liked most of the stories my teachers made me read except for a few (Kafta for one). And there some stories which I thought I would like but didn't - The master and margarita. It sounds like urban fantasy, and if ...

Was reading The Master and Margarita. Even though I was enjoying the book, right now I am besieged by exams and assignments and this is not exactly a light read. So, maybe I will get back to The Master and Margarita later. Right now I’m reading The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim for ...

Don Quixote, Les Miserables, Siddharta, The Master and Margarita. Ficciones (not a novel, but whatever...) Something by Calvino? Maybe Invisible Cities? Three Kingdoms? And though it'll probably be shot down - The Count of Monte Cristo.

Don Quixote, Les Miserables, Siddharta, The Master and Margarita. Ficciones (not a novel, but whatever...) Something by Calvino? Maybe Invisible Cities? Three Kingdoms? And though it'll probably be shot down - The Count of Monte Cristo. ETA: Dang, Martin slipped in ...

My copy has arrived. First impression: it's going to be hard for me to read this without thinking too much of The Master and Margarita and Monty Python's Life of Brian. While searching for the book on Amazon, I noticed the existence of American Palestine: Melville, Twain, and the Holy Land M ...

Book No. 77: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. 3.5 stars. I read this one for Halloween. I knew it was about Satan in Moscow in the 1930's. What I didn't know was how much fun historical fiction could be! I ended up in a raucous fantasy world complete with witches on ...

>101, felt same way about The Master and Margarita when i read it last year. however, i've just finished Bulgakov's The Heart of a Dog and must say, i enjoyed it immensely. it had me in stitches many times throughout. Shakir (the dog) is even more memorable than Behemoth!

... i. I finished Lush Life a few days ago and have been dithering back and forth between two books for my Halloween read. The Master and Margarita won out by a slim margin over The Moonstone. M&M has Satan, a frightening black cat, and magic. Oh, and I hear there's a pretty serious story ...

... times this year: The Road, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, The Sea Came in at Midnight, and Last Vanities. I'd add The Master and Margarita but that book is so complex as to elicit distractions (in a good way) while you stop and reference whatever you're referencing means or alludes to, ...

... 817 Or on my 50 Book Challenge thread, http://www.librarything.com/topic/72408 Right now I’m thinking of starting The Master and Margarita. I don’t know if that’s a good idea because right now I have a lot on my plate. A book like this will need a fair amount of attention and I ...

Ok, this is a stretch, but how about the Stalinist The Master and Margarita, or perhaps the creepy The Mysterious Stranger? I need to read Dante again. 'Loved the part about Francesca and her adulterer boyfriend swirling around purgatorio like a couple of swallows...

From grelob's library I've grabbed The Battle: A New History of Waterloo. From my library, I'll recommend Master and Margarita. It would be tough to find another book that does such a great job with that whole Stalinist, witchcraft, passion, crucifiction, talking-machine-gun-toting cat ...

... sign that tells me if I spend $50 in October I'll get triple Borders Bucks. Yeah, it's only $5, but hey. So, here goes: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation. A bit late for one of the LT group reads, but oh well. I started comparing translations in ...

... Les Miserables - V. Hugo Foucault's Pendulum - U. Eco Invisible Cities - I. Calvino East of Eden - J. Steinbeck The Master and Margarita - M. Bulgakov A Passage to India - E. Forster Paradise Lost - J. Milton Wuthering Heights - E. Bronte For Whom the Bell Tolls - E. Hemin ...

... (yet another one that's been on my TBR pile for years. I hope you enjoy it! (note to self, really must restart The Master and Margarita again one of these days...)

I had similar feelings about The Master and Margarita when I read it recently. I'm now pushing my way to the end of One Hundred Years of Solitude and am not caring for any of the characters at all.

58. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov ★★★1/2 Tags: 1960s, Russia, fiction, satire There's nothing can say about this book that others haven't said before me. It's daring, it's witty, ...

OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.

... >Penguin Lost - Andrey Kurkov 5- The Master and The Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov 6- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Suskind ...

The Master and Margarita

Having read Master and Margarita and Catch 22 already, I think I'd enjoy this title from sneuper's collection. I've chosen The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin.

... 4. 5. Possible candidates: Arabian Nights Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe The Wasp Factory by Iain M Banks The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Possession by A S Byatt A Passage To India by E M Forster Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut

... Lit., Anne Rice, and some graphic novels. Present (18)-Continuing to read Evelyn Waugh, working on the Russians (The Master and Margarita, The Brothers Karamazov), and reading a lot of nonfiction about various religions. Unfortunately, my reading habits have become more sporadic as ...

... like that sort of book you can read other Russian works (Nabakov's work, you can move onto Tolstoy, Turgenev, Master and Margarita), other things by Dostoevsky or other Existentialists (Sartre, Kafka, Camus). Or you could start off with the Bronte sisters and Austen and see if ...

... Kurt Vonnegut 372. Myra Breckinridge Gore Vidal 376. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 393. The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov 404. Everything That Rises Must Converge Flannery O’Connor 431. A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess 435. Labyrinths J ...

... width="200" height="246" /> 2) Russian literary works * Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy * The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov * Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev * Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

... Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Anthology of Japanese Literature Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See The First Man by Albert Camus White Teeth ...

... season is over!) and hope to slip in Woman in Black Friday (my substitute for Woman in White. I'm looking for The Master and Margarita in a translation of the "uncensored" novel. So far no luck at the used book stores. I, too, love the cover of that one. Maybe I should save the ...

... Edible Woman (lit. canadienne) 61. Zelda Fitzgerald Collected Writings (nouvelles) 62. Futureland (nouvelles) 63. The Master and Margarita (lit. étrangère)

... I've already read (I'm sure many of us have that difficulty), but books I've already read in the last few years. Ulysses, Master and Margarita, Don Quixote, Passage to India, Swann's Way, Moby Dick, Brothers Karamazov--all big and fat, and all within the last year or two for me, as ...

... I've already read (I'm sure many of us have that difficulty), but books I've already read in the last few years. Ulysses, Master and Margarita, Don Quixote, Passage to India, Swann's Way, Moby Dick, Brothers Karamazov--all big and fat, and all within the last year or two for me, as ...

Having sat out The Master and Margarita, o which I was unable to focus after my ever-so-exciting concussion, I probably shouldn't even list here, but I will anyway. The following list is preliminary and disappointing. It doesn't have much historical depth and is extremely Euro/Anglo-centric. I' ...

I just read The Master and Margarita a month or so ago, it's very good. Just make sure that you get a good translation of it - there's a quite a bit of online discussion about the translators. Earlier versions were more censored as well.

The Master and Margarita ranks now in my top 10. DavidXs last post in the what page are you on thread just helped me realize that. The books is so complex, and yet so coherent; a book that can be read at multiple levels (and be enjoyed at each level) dependent upon how much time you want to ...

... it--forget the movies, the book is really good 19th century gothic. #64 gug Elize, I'll be looking for your review of the Master and Margarita. I remember reading quite a bit about it last year and I was considering reading it but I never got around to finding it. In November I will be ...

just finished my Poe for the Halloween group read as well and have picked up an unrelated to the challenge book (The Master and Margarita) while the group reads The Wood Wife - which I don't own. I'm definitely going to try and buy Frankenstein though - it's just one of those classics. Even if ...

... The Handmaid's Tale The Big Sleep Rabbit, Run The Maltese Falcon Ulysses Lolita Crime and Punishment The Master and Margarita The Secret History Beloved Song of Solomon A couple weeks ago, I started reading Mrs. Dalloway and found it confusing with the abrupt ...

I also just finished The Master and Margarita a second time through. I wrote about it on the Salon thread, http://www.librarything.com/topic/72422, but here's what I wrote (may add more later): Someone earlier was talking about Satan's Grand Ball as the center of the book. I have to agree with ...

... McCall Smith as well as the other crap fiction I usually read. Then I found Library Thing and have read Ulysses, The Master and Margarita, The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr and several other wonderful books and am so very happy! My reading habits are improving and I am now ...

Hello, I'm new to this Library Thing, and this group looks interesting, mainly because it's reading The Master and Margarita, which I've always loved, having first read it long ago, but not in the translations mentioned, mine is by Michael Glenny, from 1967. Maybe I should get a more recent one? ...

An announcement of the advent of a FS The Master and Margarita would certainly hasten my renewal of membership. :-) Re #22 - thanks for that link. I really liked his Alice illustrations.

> 27: Great news. It finally looks as if The Master and Margarita is coming...

>18 I believe Peter Suart (who illustrated The Collected Stories by Gogol and The Deptford Trilogy) is illustrating The Master and Margarita. Here's a link http://www.petersuart.com/Peter_Suart/Folio_Society.html edited typo

... top 10 novels of all time FWIW. No particular order. Midnight's Children by Rushdie Vanity Fair by Thackeray The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov Cloud Atlas by Mitchell Darkness at Noon by Koestler Perfume: Story of a Murderer by Suskind The Road by McCarthy Secret R ...

... Stranger in my attempt to read at least some of the Booker nominees before the winner is announced. Also, picked up The Master and Margarita again.

If you're interested in a group read of The Master and Margarita (now through Nov.), Les Miserables (Dec.-Feb.), Infinite Jest (Mar.-May '10), or Swann's Way and In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (maybe more, starts June-ish '10), check out this group: theaelizabet in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of September 12, 2009? (Sep 16, 2009, 2:27pm)

Ooooh! Do love Hounds of the Baskervilles. Enjoy! I'm trying to get back to The Master and Margarita, but am swept up in The Glass Room, which I should finish today.

74> while you're at it Django, how about another vote for The Master and Margarita? :-)

... but we all suffer from that round here! Louanne, the photograph is of Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow, which is where The Master and Margarita begins. Actually, Patriarch's Pond would be a more accurate name, since there's just the one left. I was lucky enough to visit Moscow in July and ...

Just finished Brooklyn by Colm Toibin and am about to start The Glass Room by Simon Mawer and return to The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov for a group read.

Just now finished Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (really lovely) and am returning to The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov for a group read. Tonight I think I'll start The Glass Room by Simon Mawer, which has been shortlisted for the Booker prize.

... Magdalene by Ki Longfellow The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

I'm still stalled halfway (or thereabouts) through The Woman in White and haven't even picked up The Master and Margarita yet! I'm rather enjoying a break over here, since it gives me a chance to catch up. In theory, if not in practice. :)

#27 Le maître et marguerite de Bouglakov Où l'on suit les aventures picaresques du Diable et de ses acolytes dans le milieu culturel russe. En seconde partie, une belle histoire d'amour, et en filigrane une critique acerbe du communisme. Bon bouquin. #28 La mort dans l'âme de Sar ...

And here is another LT group that is reading The Master and Margarita : http://www.librarything.com/groups/groupreadsliterature

#141 anna_in_pdx What group is reading master and margarita? If its a librarything group I'd like to join. That is a book that i have had on my TBR pile for several years and just keep moving it back down whenever it rises to the top. Maybe now is the time to read it!

... incident as unexamined impulse and set it aside for the medley of books I am dabbling in now, including a translation of The Master and Margarita, which I keep on meaning to sit down and give the old one-two to only to find that I have no such time. But the week is young and I have no real ...

I think Ulysses, or Master and Margarita are a tad better than Harry Potter.

#19: What did you think of The Heart of a Dog? I have Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita on my Planet TBR and would add this one too if it is worth the read.

Sandydog, Jump back in all you like for it gave me an opportunity to select The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov from your library.

September reading: Starting The Master and Margarita as a group read on September 5 (with a group from LT) and very much looking forward to that. Just finished my first and last Jodi Picault, called The Pact. It was lying around the office and I needed something to take to a waiting room. ...

... 3 how the evil you were fighting was really inside your system and u were the corrupt ones. Starting to read tonight The Master and Margarita

... 3 how the evil you were fighting was really inside your system and u were the corrupt ones. Starting to read tonight The Master and Margarita

Im finishing The Secret History today and am later going to read The Master and Margarita

... I will be glad to get out of that neck of the woods and return to Russia. I still have two weeks to fill with reading until the Master and Margarita group read in the Salon gets under way. I intend to read The Namesake which Polutropos sent me some months ago, see if I can clear away some of ...

... some personal experience. Started Warren Ellis's Crooked Little Vein - hilariously perverted already - and Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. Still working on Bolano's The Savage Detectives, but my lack of knowledge about Central/South American writers seems to be bogging me down a ...

24> I would do the same in Moscow if I ever re-read The Master and Margarita which I finished last week during holidays. I really loved the book and understand why some of you want it in an FS edition.

... j'ai particulièrement aimé ses souvenirs en toutes lettres où il décrit avec émotion ses moments forts. 72. The Master and Margarita de Mikhail Bulgakov Surréalisme magique où le bal de Satan à lui seul vaut la lecture. C'est un livre complexe où se mélangent réalité, ...

... the love of books, books about books, dictionaries of books... what about books in books? I've just finished reading The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov in which two stories are presented: the main plot and the book written by one of the characters. Any others out there?

Master and Margherita is a great suggestion, as is Haruki Murakami; for the latter I'd suggest Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

I did a tagmash on Moscow, fiction and came up with these books: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith Pattern Recognition by William Gibson The Night Watch by Sergei Lu ...

I'm surprised to see it's not there yet! I usually keep tabs of cities as I read books. Currently, I'm reading The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov and it does a great job of leading the reader through Moscow's streets as the story evolves. I'm sure there are many more books out there... be ...

... in world ecology and what it means for the biosphere, it is really interesting though rather depressing. I plan to start The Master and Margarita next month with a group.

I read The Master and Margarita and I am now reading Beowulf, shocked to find it is not on 1001......

While travelling, finished First Family by David Baldacci and The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I am currently reading The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway, listening to Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult, and "Kindling" Beowulf by Seamus Heaney.

#59 - The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - **** #60- First Family by David Baldacci - ****

A shoutout to our newest member, theaelizabeth, who is not only ahead of the curve in reading The Master and Margarita, but also In Search of Lost Time! As soon as I figure out where she lives, I'll be sneaking over under cover of darkness to steal her Folio Society Proust.

Momentarily stopped reading Master and Margarita, which I was enjoying, to read Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, the true story of one man's/family's experience with Hurricane Katrina and, to some extent, the aftermath of 911.

These are some excellent suggestions. The Master and Margarita in particular looks like something I must read, as well as Last Book. Looks like I have some serious reading ahead of me. Thank you all for your help. I knew that this was the right place to ask.

I cannot second that rec for The Master and Margarita enthusiastically enough. *_* Also, maybe try Veronica? Or many of Haruki Murakami's books, like Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.

... twists along the way. And along Jim53's suggestion of magical realism, don't forget Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita if you've never read it.

I was unable or unwilling, I really don't know which, to get on with either The Master and Margarita or Stars in my Pocket. Both went back to the library. I am currently reading Cemetary Dance (for you combiners out there this book has two co-equal authors, not one and a coauthor). This is ...

I'm reading The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov - I sense it will be an intellectual challenge as I have already spent an hour on Wikipedia polishing up on my Roman and religious history - and I'm only 40 pages into the book! The writing is fabulous and the characters are described with ...

I forget to review The Master and Margarita when I finished it in July and I'm still not sure what to think. It was a difficult novel for me to read, it's very fast paced with lots of difficult Russian names. It is three stories in one: story of the devil and his entourage causing mayhem in Mosc ...

Momentarily have set aside The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov (which is terrific) to read Dave Eggers' Zeitoun.

... is quite proud to announce that it's own Wilf Gehlen will be joining DavidX & Macumbeira as leaders on our journey through The Master and Margarita beginning Sept. 5 (Labor Day weekend in the States). Wilf has an excellent blog as some of you know and has already reviewed M&M. The ...

Started The Master and Margarita today. It has a good beginning and isn't choppy (like I find many translated novels), and got me interested right away. Looking forward to reading more of it.

Here is a first-aid kit of background/supplementary material for The Master and Margarita: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita I read it years ago, and even though I guess living in the neighbor of the Soviet ...

The Master and Margarita would totally be worth finding some background/criticism on. I haven't really checked into whether the local library has any works that might feature said commentary. (I did see there's something of the sort available on Amazon, but my book budget is meager so it wouldn' ...

>260: Darn, I have been reading bits and pieces of Faust in anticipation of reading The Master and Margarita. I knew it shouldn't be as enjoyable as it has been. Obviously I haven't gotten to the trippy and confusing Part 2.

... and Gogol, to mention a few. Also, for a novel set in Stalin's Russia, you could try Mikhail Bulgakov's masterpiece The Master and Margarita.

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (1966) Books in translation Not sure what I can say about this book though I'm really pleased to have read it and did find it entertaining. It is brimful of chaos, comedy and turmoil. There are magical happenings which are most dark, deathly and ...

... anecdotes, both family oriented and also about the many writers and publishers she has met and befriended. 156) The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (1966) fiction, 999 challenge Not sure what I can say about this book though I'm really pleased to have read it and did find ...

... at the catalog for the current exhibition at the Albermarle Gallery in london, I thought how much I would like to see The Master and Margarita illustrated by some of the exhibitors there - Tyson Grumm, Lithian Ricci or Vadim Stepanov. I still live in hope that when the full 2010 FS list of ...

I'm almost through reading The Master and the Margarita and must admit that while I've enjoyed it I feel that I'm also missing out on some of the deeper meaning in the novel. I will read some commentary on the book once I finish. Interesting comments you've made on The Eyre Affair, I enjoy Ffo ...

re #178: Thanks for the link to the New Yorker article. I found it very interesting. I read The Master and Margarita in June, and, although I enjoyed the story, I felt that I was missing allusions and symbols on nearly every page. I didn't really know what to make of the Pilate story, ...

58. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - finished 7/28/09 Well, the Devil went down to Moscow, he was looking to host a ball. He came with his crew, there was so much to do, and so ...

... so I imagine one will take over and grab me. I'm guessing it will be The Lost City of Z, but Dangerous Liaisons and The Master and Margarita look intriguing as well.

... serious fiction these days. I just get tired of it and have to run to a straightforward thriller. LOL Maybe instead of Master and Margarita I will read the Seth next. But there is going to be a group discussion of MM here, and Wilf will take part, so there will be some good insights there, ...

Book Started: The Master and Margarita Category: Eastern European Authors Nationality: Russian I picked this up at a library book sale where it had been filed for some reason in their Horror section. It was a pleasant surprise, especially as I had gotten interested in the book after seeing ...

... up again as an SF Group read selection, I will probably read it again. I'm very glad I stuck with it. Now, on to The Master and Margarita. I love the Russians. There is so much optimism in the darkness that is and has been the land of the Rus.

I am in Moscow with some writers and the devil himself in The Master and Margarita.

... up the audiobook of Rant. Despite some hiccups, it's probably one of my favorite Palahniuks so far. Today, I started The Master and Margarita.

I was thinking of Myrna Minkoff for Confederacy of Dunces And of course Behemoth from Master and Margarita. 'My favorite 5 foot tall cat.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov And 2 children's / YA books: Blue Willow by Doris Gates The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

40. The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov (category 2) **** This was nutty! The only Russian lit I'd read before was Notes from Underground and was expecting something equally bleak and angry. Imagine my surprise at how whimsically Bulgakov wrote (writes?), especially since one of his ...

Behemoth from Master and Margarita Ignatius Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces Yossarian in Catch 22 Oh yeah, Molly Bloom in Ulysses, definitely. That last chapter was wild, sublime, surreal.

... part), or will two threads (one for each part) do? What do you think? I hope one of you reading an English version of The Master and Margarita (I assume most of you do) could make these new threads. PS: My Norwegian edition is translated from the complete Russian original edition from 1 ...

Oh, and on the subject of the actual thread, finishing up What is the What - fantastic - and then moving on to either The Master and Margarita or a reread of Middlesex.

314> Cloud Atlas would be great, but I am still holding out for The Master and Margarita and the collected works of Haruki Murakami starting with The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. I can imagine some remarkable illustrations for his works.

314> Cloud Atlas would be great, but I am still holding out for The Master and Margarita and the collected works of Haruki Murakami starting with The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. I can imagine some remarkable illustrations for his works.

I've been away a-thesis writing for a while but I just have to come back now you're reading Master and Margarita as that is just about one of my all time favourite books (I have a copy published by Harvill which is an excellent translation ... will go and check who translated it). This will not ...

Oh, excellent! I remember bringing up reading both The Woman in White and Master and Margarita, but I didn't remember what the outcome was. I'm glad your memory's still working, teelgee! :) I don't think my copy is translated by Pevear/Volokhonsky, unfortunately. (It's at home, I'm at work ...

We'd agreed to read The Master and Margarita for the next book I think -- we chose two last time for consecutive reads. So I don't think there's a hurry. (Correct me if I have the wrong title.) (I know you will!) :o)

... Beautiful Shadow:a life of Patricia Highsmith and once I finish the last few pages of Ragtime I'll probably start The Master and Margaritawhich I'm looking forward to reading.

There's always The Master and Margarita, which is post-revolutionary yet still pretty Russian.

33. Master and Margarita - Bulgakov. Wow, fantastic! The devil visits Moscow and strange things happen: unexpected deaths, people disappear and cats can talk. Margarita becomes a witch and travels with the devil, while the master wants to burn his book about Pontius Pilate. Highly recommended!

... of it, isn't the futility and waste of war a primary theme of The Iliad and The Odyssey. P.S. I absolutely adore The Master and Margarita. It's one of my favorite novels. But as I overheard someone say recently in a thread, "Your mileage may vary".

Continuing in Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. Love it!

... left it unfinished because I've been distracted by something else) - My Childhood: Maxim Gorky (another present) - The Master and Margarita: Mikhail Bugakov (another one I've started, but because I wasn't in the right mood, I didn't get very far with) - To Kill A Mockingbir ...

Just left behind The Master and Margarita in Moscow; am now deliberating whether to rejoin the Shogun in Japan or go continent-hopping with The Warrior Queens.

... to learn the remainder of the titles in the new prospectus and we can but live in hope. At least our frequent mentions of The Master and Margarita have got some members of this group to read it. I hope the silence of the moles is a tease - I wouldn't want it to turn into a Silence of the Lambs. ...

OK...i have just finished the Diane Burgin and Katherine O'Conner translation of The Master and Margarita for the first time in paperback....brilliant! So tell me again why FS is dragging its feet on providing us with an FS edition??? This is a must have in a Folio edition.

... am not for myself, who will be? And when I am for myself, what am 'I'? And if not now, when?" I will have to revisit Master and Margarita with the concept of being-for-others in mind. ETA format correction.

... ready for the burning." That eventuation is not found in No Exit, but perhaps we can borrow a similar story line from Master and Margarita. Pontius Pilate interrogates Jeshua and finds a philosopher and healer, not a religious subversive. He is about to "invite" Jeshua to his seaside ...

Well, I've answered this a few times on ol' LT. The Master and Margarita and A Confederacy of Dunces are way up there. Oh, and of course Goodnight Gorilla.

Hello there. Sympathy for the Devil was of course inspired by The Master and Margarita and that's what I call rock n' roll. I must go to work now. I'll be back later. In the meantime remember to "never talk to strangers". 3. Thank you. I've been working at being horrible for a long time. ...

... .html Also, I'm quite happy and proud to announce that DavidX and Macumbeira have both agreed to co-lead our next read of The Master and Margarita, beginning the first weekend in September. They've both already written about M&M and after perusing their writings, I'm sure most (except for ...

64. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, 4 1/2* Category: World View I found this book amazing and fascinating, even though I probably didn't comprehend more than about a quarter of what it was about, even with the help of the commentary. Bulgakov worked on this book from 1929 ...

... glad you liked it! # 35 Hi, Mama! Beggars in Spain? Is that going to prepare you for the trip? I haven't really heard of Master and Margarita. I think I should know about it. Have a good day! So, update time again: 19. The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Gaskell. It's mostly ...

... I am at the exciting conclusion of my book, Run Silent, Run Deep. Beggars in Spain has arrived in the mail as well as Master and Margarita. Busy day today. Off to Church and then Orchestra work. You are really zooming along with your reading. Have a great day!

Well, while we're on the subject ... The Master and Margarita Go on, you know you want to!

... rehab facility next week. First, I went to Strand Bookstore in Greenwich Village (NYC), and bought eight books: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov: recommended by multiple LTers Taratuta and Still Life with Pipe: Two Novellas by kidzdoc in What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home- June 2009 (Jun 6, 2009, 7:13pm)

... rehab facility next week. First, I went to Strand Bookstore in Greenwich Village (NYC), and bought eight books: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov: recommended by multiple LTers Taratuta and Still Life with Pipe: Two Novellas by charbutton in Reading Globally : Charbutton's African summer (Jun 6, 2009, 4:44am)

... here. Suffice to say that it's funny and thought provoking. Wizard of the Crow reminds me very much of the beginning of The Master and Margarita (which I love). It has also been compared to Midnight's Children (which I hate beyond measure). It's certainly been an interesting follow up to Th ...

... here. Suffice to say that it's funny and thought provoking. Wizard of the Crow reminds me very much of the beginning of The Master and Margarita (which I love). It has also been compared to Midnight's Children (which I hate beyond measure). It's certainly been an interesting follow up to Th ...

... about another book by Willett, but she recommended this novel to me, and she knows something about my reading habits. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I have a reputedly good reading translation of this novel; this is the reputedly accurate translation translation. I was ...

... Set It Yourself Challenge - I definitely won't finish it (A Fraction of the Whole, Darkmans, The Woman in White *and* The Master and Margarita still to go - none of which are short and easy) but it would be nice to give it a good try, at least. And it is wonderful to get rid of bookrings, ...

Has a decision been reached? Are we going to read Woman in White? Or are we going to read both Woman in White and The Master and Margarita? Who's got the lowdown on what's up?

#32 All that's missing is the teeth. :) #30 I LOVED The Green Mile. #28 & #33 The Master and Margarita is now toward the top of my TBR list, as is The Enchantress of Florence. Just finished The Ruby Tear by Suzy McKee Charnas of Walk to the End of the World fame, writing as Reb ...

Still reading The master and Margarita by Bulgakov. Highly recommended! Strange things happen in Moscow: people disappear, die... The Devil is on a visit to Moscow! At the same time we read the story of Pontius Pilate. This book critizes the Soviet regime of Stalin.

... this round, I wasn't interested, and may have quite contentedly skipped that discussion. If one of Woman in White or Master and Margarita is chosen, then I'll definitely participate as I'd be reading both of those soon anyhow. If Dr Zhivago is chosen, then I'll do my best to source a ...

I'd concur on Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. Nikolai Gogol is a god although I'd stay away from Dead Souls, any of his short story compendiums. Although hardcore Pushkin fans only want poetry, you can find English anthologies of his prose stories. Also Oblomov is really good ...

I've already read Master and Margarita and the Woman in White, but I loved both so if one of those was picked I'd still re-read and join in on the discussion.

I think you should pick TM&M or Buddenbrooks. I read The Master and Margarita some years ago and I loved it. A great novel. And if you want to learn about Germany, German people and German history, you should vote for Buddenbrooks. I haven't read it yet, but I know a little about it. Woma ...

Now that it's time to vote I cannot decide The Master and Margarita, Buddenbrooks or Women in White! Which one should I pick?

... Gail Tsukiyama, Maxine Hong Kingston, Lisa See, Anchee Min (no touchstones!). For Russia - try The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Amazing novel.

I think I'll participate whatever book is chosen. I've voted for The Master and Margarita, but Doctor Zhivago or Buddenbrooks would be a great read as well, I imagine.

And Doctor Zhivago gets edged out yet again! I think I'm going to just go ahead and read that on my own. If Master and Margherita wins I'll look into it but I must say I don't get along with the Russians too much. With Zhivago I already know and love the story so I figured it'd work.

... I can see what you mean by the "flattening", though. The Fern Tattoo is going to be read soon, but KLL has requested The Master and Margarita to be read quickly (if at all possible) so she can take it overseas and post it to suedo from the UK. But I can't see me managing it (it's supposed ...

#47 I have rushed to my book shelves and checked my copy of The Master and Margarita and the translators are Pevear and Volokhonsky both of whom I believe do excellent translations as many of us in this group will attest to. M&M was a book I'd never heard of until about 18 months ago but I ...

... semckibbin - I can see you are not sold on Russian Lit. that's OK, but just to let you know that Ginsburg's translation of The Master and Margarita was from a censored Soviet text and I would suggest not reading that version. This reading group has always had informative discussed about "the ...

... com/groups/thequestforthelastpa (Between now and then they're also reading The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr and The Master and Margarita.)

>10 - Yes, from Hitchhiker's guide >15 - Now that whole book is spoiled for me! From The Master and Margarita - "Manuscripts don't burn"

...and where's Ingnacius P. Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces and my beloved Behemoth from Master and Margarita????

... convey back to the designer of the edition my congratulations. All we need now to complete my happiness is an FS edition of The Master and Margarita - this is, of course, the obligatory mention of that title whatever the context of my post. I forgot to mention the limitation number. I got ...

>36, wookiebender, I agree: include The Master and Margarita!

I'd say we should include The Master and Margarita - I'm sure we can cope with some duplication across other groups. (And, okay, because I wanted to read it with this group!)

#33 I think you should take the top 4 (or the top 3 if The Master and Margarita (cf. #34) is omitted) for the poll. If you include the books suggested by three members there will be 8 or 9 books, and that's too many imo.

I would suggest not to include The Master and Margarita as Le salon litteraire de Henri Freeqy IV already plans to read it in September. Otherwise there definitely are books in post #25 I would like to read... I can set up a ...

I was thinking about reading The Master and Margarita for June, since I'd wanted to read it anyway and the amazon.com synopsis says a manuscript features heavily in the story. Can anyone who's read it tell me whether the "arts" connection makes sense, or if the book is more about political ...

The master and Margarita by Bulgakov.

... have finally come up with my list. 1. Room with a View E M Forster audio July 2. Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Read July 3. My Reading Life by Bob Carr 4. Cutting for Stone by Abraham ...

Re #27 - in the unlikely event that you don't like The Master and Margarita you had better look to that bookseller for reimbursement and not us...

... Road by Cormac McCarthy, and The Elegance of the Hedgehog, it can be classic literature like Pride and Prejudice, The Master and Margherita, and The Three Musketeers, it can be thrillers by authors like Lee Child, it can be nonfiction like The Mayflower, American Shaolin, ...

... of the Peloponnesian War, Olivia Manning.... I'm feeling a bit dizzy now! Several people here have been championing The Master and Margarita so strongly for so long that yesterday I bought a copy; when I took it to the till to pay the bookseller spent a good five minutes telling me how ...

#14, I too am waging a war of attrition against FS until they publish The Master and Margarita so you are not alone!

I too got the second list. In my response to their question as to which titles I would like to see I added - in addition to The Master and Margarita (I'm waging a war of attrition against FS until it publishes it) - I named the Rabbit series. Others I suggested were Joris-Karl Huysmans - Against N ...

... I'm quite relieved that at least some of them were already on my list for the year (Raj quartet and a reattempt at The Master and Margarita), otherwise it would be ridiculous! Thank you for some potentially very exciting new reads anyway! Incidently I too like your Non Fiction ...

Master and Margarita and A Confederacy of Dunces are way up there on my list.

... ate/vote. I think 34 books are suggested so far. Books suggested by more than one member: Doctor Zhivago (6) The Master and Margarita (5) The Woman in White (4) Madame Bovary (4) Buddenbrooks (3) The Idiot (3) Tristram Shandy (3) Don Quixote (3) Possession ...

I'm hoping that The Master and Margarita is our next read too! Translations to English: The Ginsburg (1967) translation was from a censored Soviet text and is therefore incomplete. The Glenny (1967) translation I heard is not good from many readers. Burgin & O'Connor's (1995) - which is the ...

... OP short wearing beach bums w/paunches. Wilf? Vodka Margarita? I know our English Russian is there but, this is The Master and the Margarita, not The Master & the Martini. No offense (love Lakers hate Celtics) but I just have to question your margarita making proficiency's. Am I ...

... a Norwegian edition on my book shelf. I don't know Russian. I know the alphabet and some (very few) Russian words. Maybe The Master and Margarita is on the web. In English and/or in Russian. I'll search for it later, I think.

... and I have settled permanently into the right hand path. I still sometimes feed the old interest, and this is for that. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I fan the flames of my hatred of tyranny. This book is repeatedly mentioned favorably here, and one group is going to ...

I read The Master and Margarita many years ago. A marvellous and curious novel. I'll love to reread it as a group read if it is chosen. Any thoughts about for how long we shall suggest and second books?

I would second The Master and the Margarita, Invisible Cities or The Woman in White ... not that I am making much progress with TFS yet.

God, The Master and Margarita were going to join The Boys on the Bus. The bus driver stopped them at the door. "Hold Tight" he said, "She can come in, but you guys need to stay outside. No Gods, No Masters. That's policy."

... Spanish and Portuguese literature Like water for chocolate 891 East Indo-European and Celtic literature Master and margarita 895 Literatures of East & Southeast Asia Kafka on the Shore Missing Second Levels: 870s 880s

I've ordered The Master and Margarita and a book of commentary on it. Robert

So many good book choices already mentioned... but The Master and Margarita and Tristram Shandy have been languishing on my tbr pile for far too long.

Hmm...lots more things for me to read this summer. #8 I have to second Master and Margarita. I am in the habit of recommending this to anyone whenever the conversation of favorite books comes up. I would add, not just talking cats, but a vodka drinking talking black cat named Behemoth who ...

... of my head, we've been so ridiculously busy at work lately. So I'll just second (and hope I find the time to read!): The Master and Margarita Doctor Zhivago The Sound and the Fury Don Quixote Possession (Is that too many?) (edited to fix touchstone)

... easily do M&M as well--and that makes five (5!) endorsements of a single book in a row. I'm tempted to call it right now? Master and Margarita, going once, going twice...speak up now or forever hold your peace...

Another thought: what about the Master and Margarita? It seems to get raves on LT.

The Master and Margarita, only because I feel it would open kids up to the fact there is more than RIGHT/WRONG and may even open them up to a relevant, satirical sense of humor. I think the problem with books like A Separate Piece is that they are delivered without a sliver of humor. They ...

... ola The Red and the Black by Stendhal Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino Kim by Rudyard Kipling And I'll second: The Master and Margherita by Mikhail Bulgakov Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

... Norris Demons (aka The Devils, The Possessed) by Fyodor Dostoevsky Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain The Master and Margherita by Mikhail Bulgakov Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

... next Nobel Prize for Literature? I haven't the foggiest 11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie? The Master and Margarita 12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? Wraeththu - they'd never do it right 13) Describe your weirdest dream ...

... Heinrich Böll, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Norway: Knut Hamsum, Hunger Russia*: Mikhail Bulgahov, The Master and Margarita Switzerland: Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha United Kingdom*: Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim (+ many, many, many others) North America: ...

... This thought is presented by Jeshua during interrogation by Pontius Pilate, as related by Mikhail Bulgakov in The Master and Margarita. Pilate: "So, then, Mark Ratslayer, a cold and confirmed torturer, the people who, as I see," the procurator pointed to Yeshua's ...

The Master and Margarita is my choice from Sandydog1's library.

I’m fond of postmodern/experimental lit also. Some suggestions - The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov, fun and funny, everyone on LT seems to like it Salman Rushdie – Midnight’s Children is a good place to start. Haruki Murakami – he has a very distinct style, A Wild Sheep ...

... to sections of unabridged audio and actually reading the book. I'd also suggest the weird and entertaining such as Master and Margarita and A Confederacy of Dunces. Enjoy!

Master and Margarita is literature. A Confederacy of Dunces is literature. Anna Karenina is literature. Twilight is simply "YA". That is all fine and good. The fact that full-adults read and enjoy it, just boggles my mind.

As you probably know, The Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil" was inspired by The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. I love Julia Child(R.I.P.). She was such a jolly drunk. In complete terror, I have often seen my father eat cow brains, tongue, and mountain oysters(sheep testicles) which ...

... hankering to read it all over again. Anyway thanks for the reviews (I am way behind) you've helped with my decision to try The Master and the Margarita.

... | . . . Soviet Heretic | . . . Prisoners of Power | . . . The Crying of Lot 49, to see a world in a postal stamp v-Master and Margarita, Homeless, the historian o-The Myth of Sisyphus, I think, therefore I am . . . quite miserable

... onto the main thread of the quest. MASSOLIT refers to the literary society invented by Mikhail Bulgakov in Master and Margarita, appropriated not for emulation of its institutional obscurantism, but for exploration of Bulgakov's definition and revelation of Truth. One such Truth, ...

... you've read in the past year? Anathem 9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? The Master and Margarita 10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature? I have no idea. 11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie? Ga ...

Grazie di esistere, bulgakoviana innamorata. Io la panchina me la sono solo immaginata e sognata. Il Maestro e Margherita non è solo un libro.

... Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, Christian fiction and spirituality, westerns, most magical realism. Is Master and Margarita magical realism? Now that was a great book.

How about A Confederacy of Dunces. Or perhaps The Master and Margarita for some fanciful and satiracal humor.

I choose The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov from Sandydog1 because the title interested me and I liked her review.

... It's Crime and Punishment meets The Vendor of Sweets. As one of the characters says, "Wot a fok-ing johke". Master and Margarita is another personal favorite. As I just said in another post, who would have thought Stalinism could have been so fanciful and funny. I've ...

... to read literary pablum. Bump the lightness up a notch or two or three or four. Read some real good stuff instead like The Master and Margarita. You won't be disappointed! Who would have thought that Stalinist Russia could be so fanciful and funny.

I haven't read any of those I'm afraid, but if you want black humour and interesting dark characters you'll probably enjoy Master and Margarita.

... profs to explore all the layers of the works. This year alone, it has been the case for The Sun Always Rises, A Mercy, The Master and Margarita, and of course Death of a Salesman. I always tell myself that those books I'd like to explore further are likely candidates for a second reading, ...

I have reserved 5 stars for my two favorite books of all time The Master and Margarita and Atlas Shrugged, so far nothing else has made it into that category. 4 1/2 for otherwise amazing, but not quite up to the high standard of Rand and Bulgakov. Other ratings as I see fit, though many ...

I've had The Master and Margarita on my shelves for years, and all the talk in this thread has convinced me that it is time to get to it. Thanks, and keep the recommendations coming.

I'm going with the crowd here. The Master and Margarita is by far my favorite Russian novel.

4. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov What an intriguing book. A friend of mine said that when she read it she got bogged down by the footnotes. I read the Michael Glenny translation, however, which contains not a single footnote, and felt that I could have done with some! ...

... on your thread and agree with you about the ending! And, by some strange coincidence, I followed that book with The Master and Margarita...

Well, he's probably still around somewhere, but I sure would meet Behemoth from Master and Margarita.

The Master and Margarita beats them all. And that's with Dostoevsky and Tolstoy still writing through the entire Stalinist era.

Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. And that's with Dostoevsky and Tolstoy still writing. :)

And I have to agree about the Master and Margarita. It is one of my favorites. And, you get to learn a bit about Stalinist Russia while you enjoy! I would consider the humor of A Confederacy of Dunces rather dark also.

... much anything by Palahnuik a try, maybe something like Fight Club for starters. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson, The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger and the Post Office series of ...

Wow! Two months of 2009 are already past. February Recap: Rating scale tops out at 5 16. The Master and Margarita- 5 17. The Next 100 Years- 4 18. The Limits of Power- 4 19. Traders, Guns and Money- 4.5 20. Charles Darwin: Voyaging- 5 21. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno- 4 22. ...

... winter's night a traveller is more than worthy of a Folio Society edition. It's one of my all time favorite books - after The Master and Margarita of course...

girlunderglass: I've been a bit slow to respond... what I wanted to say is I look forward to you picking up The Master and Margarita as would love to read your impressions on it.

kambrogi: I agree that The Master and Margarita is an intimidating book. I was somewhat apprehensive when I picked it up because books like that always tend to make me feel dumb (another one was Orhan Pamuk's The Black Book, for instance). But I decided to just enjoy the first level of ...

> I've had The Master and Margarita on my TBR for a long time but never knew anything about its plot/story - sounds like it has some weird and interesting characters! (Death? A giant talking cat that brings desctruction? whoa! :D )

... had a hand in writing it, he would have let everyone know! :-) Smiler69, I'll be interested to hear what you think of The Master and Margarita. I read it last year; talk about an intimidating book! Whitewavedarling, I'll put Blindness on my wishlist.

... me="book7"> #7: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov On first reading, a person might easily think that the main character is the Devil aka Woland, since we are only ...

Ok, I know this is a tried-and-true classic, but it took me a while to get to it so I've got to make the pitch. Master and Margarita is hilarious. It clearly is the most entertaining medium in which to learn about Stalinist Russia. Besides, who can resist flying witches and talking cats?

Ok, I know this is a tried-and-true classic, but it took me a while to get to it so I've got to make the pitch. Master and Margarita is hilarious. It clearly is the most entertaining medium in which to learn about Stalinist Russia. Besides, who can resist flying witches and talking cats?

... but here' goes: The Illiad Don Quixote Candide Fathers and Sons War and Peace The Sound and the Fury The Master and Margarita Anna Karenina Lolita A Confederacy of Dunces Of course Rivethead and Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales occupy a special ...

No e-mail yet... From the different lists above, there are 7 titles I would pick up: Lolita and Utopia Waverley, The Master and Margarita, and Of Human Bondage Leviathan and Moll Flanders I find the lists fairly appealing. Edited PS: But why don't they send a long list—I ...

... LizT's list! (Except for the Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. which I'm counting on you all to request!) A Town Like Alice, The Master and Margarita, Day of the Triffids, Moonfleet (unjustly neglected by fine book presses), Catcher in the Rye, and A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush are all ...

... whole set. On the other hand, I've been toying with the idea of trying to find the LEC editions if they are affordable. The Master and the Margarita...YES! the Catcher in the Rye...YES! Hitchhiker's YES! I'm traveling now but hope I have the mailer so I can cast some votes. How about P ...

I finally finished The Master and Margarita, which I did not want to end, for I was enjoying it far too much. Now, I am reading a borrowed sci-fi called Altered Carbon. I hope all of you are well. Daniel

Mine were the same as Liz's in #8 (because I just wanted to vote for The Master and Margarita at least 18 times ;)

... list. Ones I remember being on there were The Bhagavad Gita, Moonfleet, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby, The Master and Margarita, a selection of verse by Rabindranath Tagore, The History of the Church and I think I've run out of memory now. The trouble is that many of the ...

So far my favorite book of late to read over coffee in my local cafe is The Master and Margarita.

... and bought it in 2008. I'd like to read it this year, just don't know when the time is right. Meanwhile, I've picked up The Master and Margarita instead for now. So far it's immensely entertaining and full of surprises. But I'll withhold judgment until I've actually finished it.

... days ago, but then wasn't sure if I was in the right frame of mind for it. That book truly intimidates me. I'm going with The Master and Margarita for now.

Well, I'll start with the abso-blooming-lootely most entertaining. Behemoth the cat, from The Master and Margarita.

I'm still on Balzac and am skipping The Leopard, but I do enjoy these posts. I think Anna Karenina or Master and Margarita would be a great choice, as would Nana or maybe even better, Germinal.

#67: I find your tags for The Master and Margarita fascinating: Faust and Pontius Pilate?!

16. The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov, Translated by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O'Conner, annotations and afterword by Ellendea Proffer An editor and a poet are sitting in a park in Moscow discussing their atheism. A stranger joins them in their conversation and is quite ...

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov I reread this every so often and it's new and fresh every time. One of my lifetime favourites.

... the LT link to the author. She wrote me back telling me that she really liked the review I gave her. I am now reading The Master and Margarita. OMG, what a fun book so far! I also finished and reviewed Jurassic Park. It's interesting rereading it as an adult versus when I read it ...

"Manuscripts don't burn." The Master and Margarita (Incidentally, that's also the title of a collection of Bulgakov's letters and, as I recall, excerpts from Yelena Sergeyevna's diaries, Manuscripts Don't Burn.)

I seem to recall a talking cat in The Master and Margarita too (full confession: I forgot to finish this book and will probably be trying again this year), but that's all I got! Thank you all.

Oh, this is such an incredible no-brainer. Behemoth from Master and Margarita.

... for now. I feel rather Gogoled out after recently finishing Dead Souls. Oh, did someone mention Bulgakov? I love The Master and Margarita. I've been meaning to read Heart of a Dog. P.S. Devils by Dostoevsky is in my pile as well.

... by Ken Kesey, 1980 195. Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth, 1980's 196. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, 1968 197. The Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, 1969 198. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1974 199. In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brau ...

... year? We'll see. (And I should really reread At Swim-Two-Birds to see if it holds up after all these years. Ditto for Master and Margarita. But this last paragraph isn't specifically part of this year's resolution.

I've added The Heart of a Dog and The Master and Margarita to my Amazon wish list; thanks!

1) The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov--I read The Master and Margarita last year and liked it a lot, so I thought I'd try this earlier novel by Bulgakov. It's not as good, but it also features anthropomorphic animals and a dubious professor, and it also satirizes the Russian Revoluti ...

January 1, 2009 Top of the TBR pile The Master and Margarita – Bulgakov Independent People – Laxness The Prospector – LeClezio Dead Souls – Gogol Madame Bovary’s Ovaries: a Darwinian Look at Literature – Barash The Last September – Bowen Mosquito – Tearne Sca ...

... of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 2. Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy 3. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan 4. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 5. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon 6. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev 7. Biographie de la faim by Amél ...

60. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov I forgot to put this in way back in January - it was a reread of one of my all-time most favourite books. So I've done my 60 challenge. And I have my nose in two books right now as well. I think I'll tag those for the 75 challenge, ...

... (March: Argentina) (completed 3/23/09) ** 4. Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz (May: Poland) (completed 6/11/09) *** 5. The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov (June: The Arts) (completed 6/29/09) **** 6. The Worst Journey in the World, Apsley Cherry-Garrard (July: Polar Regions) (compl ...

... A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro ** 8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams ** 9. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov **

35. The Master and Margarita I missed recording that one, here. It was the Recorded Books audio version and I finished it last month. I loved Behemoth, the cat.

... Lecture Outliers Hot, Flat and Crowded And for fiction, The Plague A Confederacy of Dunces Vanity Fair The Master and Margarita War and Peace

... Albus Dumbledore, and the explanations from J.K. herself. It was a fun read of fairy tales for the magically-endowed. The Master and Margarita is actually a book on the 1284 Must Read list, but I managed to get the play version. Oh well, it was a fun read of an off-the-wall subversive ...

... Tadeusz Borowski Ulysses S. Grant: the Unlikely Hero by Michael Korda The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov/Edward Kemp (play version) Sabbath's Theater by Philp Roth (CD-14 disks/17 hours) Sandydog1 in Book talk : Talking Cats? (Dec 18, 2008, 7:48pm)

Oh, behemoth from The Master and Margarita was a total scream. A talking sycophant cat who can weild a Mauser. Formidable.

... Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and finally Anthem by Ayn Rand. Also some books came in intended for Christmas gifts: The Master and Margarita, The Gate to Women's Country, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and Outlander.

Classics i. The Master and Margarita Finished Jan. 15 ii. To The Lighthouse Finished Jan. 10 iii. A Room of One's Own Finished Feb 1 iv. The Picture of Dorian Gray Finished Mar 22 v. Brideshead Revisited Finished Apr 5 vi. Dubliners Finished May 31 vii. The Aeneid Finished June ...

... so the rating I post will be from the day I add it to the list. 1) A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess- 4.11 2) The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov- 4.33 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9)

... 2/08 An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro 12/13/08 The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck 12/13/08 The Master and Margarita (#320) by Mikhail Bulgakov 12/14/08

I liked Great Expectations more than any other Dickens novel. I've just finished The Master and Margarita and strongly recommend it.

I liked Great Expectations more than any other Dickens novel. I've just finished The Master and Margarita and strongly recommend it.

... Front Anna Karenina A Confederacy of Dunces Fathers and Sons The Human Comedy The Sound and the Fury The Master and Margarita Things Fall Apart Don Quixote

LisaMorr, I JUST finished The Master and Margarita. It was wild and Behemoth (the cat) was hilarious! I won't look at any large black cat the same. From hemlokgang I choose The Hamlet.

From Sandydog1's library, I chose The Master and Margarita. A visit by the devil to Russia - sounds very interesting!

I reread The Master and Margarita this year and it's one of my all-time most favourite books. Didn't count it because it was a reread.

... An Anthology 1991-2001 by Cindy Crabb Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Making Stuff and Doing Things by Kyle Bravo Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

It's kind of funny because 2 of my top reads weren't fiction this year. So I couldn't list them here. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Ham on Rye by Charles Buko ...

4. Books in translation/Reading Globally 1. 100 years of solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2. The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov 3. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami (15/01/09) 4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera 5. A Quiet Li ...

The Master and Margarita featured a cat - of sorts....

At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill ( Without question, the best book I have read this year) The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Paddy Clarke Ha ha ha by Roddy Doyle The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

I'm listening to The Master and Margarita. I'm starting to get into it, thanks to some great internet pages that provide information on characters, themes, symbols, etc. One of the borrowed library CDs was trashed. No problem, I just caught up reading a few minutes from a free online ...

I'm reading The Master and Margarita. I'll have to read a few snobby reviews as well, because I'm sure I'm missing a few things.

I'm reading The Master and Margarita. I'll have to read a few snobby reviews as well, because I'm sure I'm missing a few things.

... left it unfinished because I've been distracted by something else) - My Childhood: Maxim Gorky (another present) - The Master and Margarita: Mikhail Bugakov (another one I've started, but because I wasn't in the right mood, I didn't get very far with) - To Kill A Mockingbird: Ha ...

I finished Vanity Fair some time ago, am still reading Herodotus in small doses, and have started The Master and Margarita.

... A Novel Cutting-edge contemporary Moscow, though it contains many references to Russia's history & Communism. - The Master and Margarita A fairytale / love story set in communist Russia. Most of my Russian friends agree this is their favorite book ever, but make sure to get an ...

... by Michael Baigent (May) 7. The Gnostic Mystery by Randy Davila (May, 2*) 8. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (June, 4 1/2*) 9. The Woman with the Alabaster Jar by Margaret Starbird (August) 10. ...

... 5*, Contemporary Fiction) 8. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (May, 4*, British Isles) 9. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (June, 4 1/2*, World View) 10. The Shack by William P. Young (June, 4*, Contemporary Fiction)< ...

68. The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov “The Devil take it all!”… this was a funny book. The Devil and his entourage created quite the uproar in Moscow. I think they’re now in Kuala Lumpur. I’ve seen the cat. He walked upright too. Compared to the earlier Russian books ...

... International) Perfume Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Maus: A Survivor's Tale V for Vendetta From Hell The Master and Margarita (Penguin Classics) Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman! My N ...

I'll just add another nudge to The Master and Margarita I approached it with some hesitation, but found it utterly delightful in a magical sort of way.

... Israel finished 26Apr 5. Moribito by Nahoko Uehashi, Japan - finished 11Jan 6. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia finished 02Aug 7. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea by Valerie Zenatti, France finished 24Mar 8. < ...

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Maybe not quite in the same vein as the others listed here, but it does feature one of the more memorable talking cats.

... -- Pavić cleverly interweaves historical detail (the Pushkin part) with myth and fantasy. I was reminded of Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita where the Devil came in disguise to wreak havoc on the characters' lives -- there are similarities in this book. I wouldn't be surprised if the ...

Go for Master and Margarita as it's a modern classic and really excellent. I also nudge Wild Berries, and Norwegian Wood. The latter is not Murakami's best -The Wind up Bird Chronicle imo is his masterpiece-, but it's a good portrait of modern Japan and deliciously weird.

... Anne Enright's The Gathering, which won the Booker, and I am enjoying. Once I am done with that, it will probably be Master and Margarita. I would ceryainly welcome more nudges or denudges.

... words and thoughts and leave all your problems behind. Must admit I've never really seen what all the fuss is about with The Master and Margarita.

It's the only one I've read but I'm not as enthusiastic as most about The Master and Margarita. Murakami, well to be fair just Kafka on the Shore, left me cold too (I've got Norweigan Wood ready to read someday). Maybe I'm allergic to talking cats! As for what I haven't read. All ...

I guess a nudgoid for The Master and The Margarita from me too, because I haven't read it (or any of the books on your list), but the DJ on CBC2 last night said it was his favourite novel of all time. (The DJs on CBC2 hang out in that high brow crowd with Urania and Cariola).

I haven't read any of those books, but I often hear positive recommendations for The Master and Margarita. It is on my TBR shortlist, but since I haven't read it, I can only give you a nudgoid, which has the characteristics or form of a nudge, but is not an actual nudge. -- M1001.

Another firm nudge for The Master and Margarita!

The Master and Margarita definitely, and then, like deebee1 says, Mr. Palomar because it is a Calvino's book (you cannot go wrong with him). I read The Egyptologist quite a while ago and, frankly, I found it disappointing and not as interesting as I thought it would be, so no nudges for that. ...

The Master and Margarita. If I ever made a list of ten must-read novels, that would be on it.

... Landscape should promise something new and different as well; also because it is in my pile for nudging. I also nudge Master and Margarita because it is an exhilarating, fun novel that gets u thinking after about the symbolisms Bulgakov uses. And Mr. Palomar just because it's Calvino. ...

How could I have forgotten: The Picture of Dorian Grey Master and Margarita Yay ~ got the hang of Touchstones :)

... The Distant Lover by Christoph Hein If Today Be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The Successor by Ismail Kadare Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh The ...

... > 3. The Trial 4. The Double 5. Laughter in the Dark 6. The Master and the Margarita 7. Heart of Darkness 8. The Manuscript Found in Saragossa 9. Hourglass

... Because let's face it I want to read some more of the Peanuts anthologies, and hubby's favorite book is now a graphic novel The Master and Margarita, and I love reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

... of Food which I bought at Strand in a moment of weakness :) I want to start Dead Souls sometime this week as well, and The Master and the Margarita if the library manages to find its copy!

... a movie of that. I also loved Doctor Zhivago and have been thinking about rereading it sometime soon. I have never read The Master and Margarita, but it seems like everyone loves it. Other translations that I have been thinking of are In Search of Lost Time, although I must admit that it ...

... can't see most Westerners reading it and enjoying it. I still don't know if I liked it or not. And Russian lit? I loved The Master and Margarita and Doctor Zhivago. I tried Crime and Punishment and, much to my embarrassment, couldn't get into it. I'd love to know what you think. I'd like ...

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

... list. I've either read or wanted to read most of the books on your list. If you haven't already read it, you might enjoy The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. I got around to reading it last year and really enjoyed it.

There's a nice Master and Margarita website at http://cr.middlebury.edu/public/russian/Bulgakov/public_html/ . It includes a brief section the relative merits of all but the most recent three translations, at http://cr.middlebury.edu/public/russian/Bulgakov/public_html/Engeditions.html , and ...

>15 We had to read Envy for that class too, as well as The Master and Margarita, of course. >16 In a Russian history class the prof brought in a Soviet poster. He translated it for us: "Comrades! Learn to read!" If the humor is not immediately apparent, just think about it a second.

>56, teelgee - I've never read the full text of The Master and Margarita so I can't be certain, but I'm pretty sure the graphic novel does not contain the full text. I plan on reading the full text one day to see how the two versions compare, and whether or not I understood the story correctly. Th ...

>37 Elee - does the graphic novel include the complete text of the original Master and Margarita? How interesting! I'd love to see that!

... Can't wait for the train ride home to finish it! I am also about half-way through the graphic novel version of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. On the "What Books Came Into Your Home Today?" thread I go on and on about how beautiful the artwork is, but I won't do that ...

... book without thinking about the consequences :-) After much deliberation I ended up buying the graphic novel version of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. The book is illustrated by Andrzej Klimowski and Danusia Schejbal, and the artwork is just beautiful. I'm about half-way ...

... struggled to keep myself involved. My suspended credibility was not rewarded with enough insight. Am almost done with The Master and Margarita, a book I enjoyed more but am not sure I always understood all it was trying to say. My copy of the book has some notes and discussion at the end. ...

#177 MusicMom41 You asked about The Master and Margarita. It's not quite a historical novel. The author is Russian and it was written in the 1930's but not published in its entirety until lately. It consists of two distinct but intertwined narratives, one in 1930's Russia and the other in ...

... finish it. I didn't know about the other Undset book. I will look for it when I'm through with Kristin. I have seen The Master and Margarita mentioned on LT before. Is it historical, also? Where does it take place? I'm always interested to hear about books I don't know yet.

... of but they present a psychological study of complex characters and where their traits lead them. I am presently reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I'm not too far but am enjoying it so far.

... Mathematics 8. unselected Recommendations / Gifts 1. Cloud Atlas 2. Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky 3. The Master and Margarita 4. Waiting 5. For Whom The Bell Tolls 6. Moby Dick 7. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 8. Ghostwritten Poetry and Fantasy ...

Maybe appaloosaman can inquire while he is chained to the gate in front of the FS Reading Room in protest of The Master and the Margarita not being in the 2009 catalog.

I loved the master and margarita. Also I need some motivation to continue with dead souls

... wrangling and a vote before we come to agreement. Sometimes there's a recount ;) I'd like to plump up in the corner of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (because I'd love to read it again and it's an absolute cult classic that often gets overlooked in the western world but if you ...

The Master and Margarita?

Regarding The Master and Margarita, I remember borrowing from the library in 1993 the translation by Diana Burgin and Katherine O'Connor (done the same year). I moved with the book only a quarter read, and didn't remember to look for it after I moved. So, later I picked another edition ( ...

... have to wait until they fix the website, I suppose. I propose that we all delay our renewals, in unified protest, until The Master and Margarita situation is satisfactorily resolved.

... about Master and Commander, also The Language Instinct and The Analects and Blake. I really want to know about The Master and Margarita!! My renewal offer is the Folio Soc Diary and The History of Venice in Painting. Those of you that have done this before, if you don't renew ...

I must say that I am VERY disapppointed that The Master and Margarita is not in the list after receiving a letter from the FS saying they expected to publish it in early summer this year. I shall have to hope that it is published as a special during the year. It is a little disappointing to ...

hey jessica I love Salmon Rushdie. One of my fav authors. I am going to check out The Master and Margarita. thanks for the suggestion.

... Once and Future King 82. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 83. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 84. In Cold Blood 85. The Master and Margarita 86. One Hundred Years of Solitude 87. Surfacing 88. Delta of Venus 89. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 90. The Unbearable Light ...

... t). The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel . MOOCHED Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart.- MOOCHED The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde. MOOCHED Hope I can figure this out!

the master and margarita is one I really want to read too! and I wouldn't mind re-reading the moonstone... looking forward to the next round already!

... the 'Literature' edge not just classics. There's some great lit out there and I'm going to be putting up a stern case for The Master and Margarita in the next book up. Stick around!

... actually it's a very good biography). I also really enjoy listening to George Guidall - particularly Mayflower, Master and Margarita, and Crime and Punishment.

The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey, Hayden Carruth My Darling, My Hamburger, Paul Zindel The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, Richard Brautigan Love and Rockets, Los Bros Hernandez

#85 I too love The Master And margarita. Wonderful book. Ditto A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. I cried when i finished it, because I didn't want it to be over. And Reaper Man.... one of my favorite Discworld novels... I digress. I just finished Needful Things, which was totally ...

I just finished The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. It was brilliantly awesome! I need to find other books by this man. I'm already partway through A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith and should have it done by the end of Tuesday. Next up is: The Fall by Albert C ...

"Of course I'm Nikanor Ivanovich!" The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov "Did I really express delight?"

... catalog for the next membership year publications. Some will remember that I received a letter from the Society saying that The Master and Margarita is scheduled for publication this year. I sincerely hope so - and I desperately need a FS limited edition of that book. I can see it now - black ...

Just started The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and I am seriously in love with it already.

RE: Master and Margarita, it's one of those books that I really wish I could've read in the original language (Russian). I had an edition with commentary notes and Bulgakov used plenty of wordplay and subtlety of language that didn't come across in the translation. But overall it was a very ...

Hooray but winning always brings the burden of coming up with a new one. Oh and isn't The Master and Margarita good. It has been several years now since I read it and I recall it being a bit mind-warping but very interesting. I just read this book over the weekend. It is a black cover with ...

Oh I think I had just missed this thread for awhile. Without peeking is it The Master and Margarita?

Speaking of Russian Literature, I just bought The Master and Margarita and Moscow to the End of the Line. I am very excited!

... would go anywhere are now on their way to good homes (and this with the issues listed in the condition notes!): a copy of The Master and Margarita missing its cover, one of the how-ever-many Girl with a Pearl Earings, and a Jane Eyre in beaten up condition! So, don't worry - you never ...

Hey, first time posting. I am in the middle of Master and Margarita. I am a teacher and don't get a whole lot of time to read during the school year; however, summer break begins in 3 days and I can't wait to read a ton over break.

... Kurt Vonnegut 2. Baudolino by Umberto Eco 3. Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists by Gideon Defoe 4. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 5. The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde 6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. ...

The Mind-Body Problem by Rebecca Goldstein The Bookman's Promise by John Dunning The Master and Margarita by Mikhai Bulgakov Paris was Yesterday by Janet Flanner The Jane Austen Bookclub by Karen Joy Fowler The Paris Review The Seducer's Diar ...

The Master and Margarita is indeed a fabulous book. How about The Pigeon, also by Patrick Suskind, author of Perfume (which I believe was already mentioned on this thread)?

Ok, I guess I killed the thread. How about another one of my favorites, The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov?

>>message 98 Continuing the list: ------------------- Master i Margarita The German Lesson (long ago) Fear of Flying The Shining If on a winter's night a traveler (favorite) The name of the rose (favorite) Memorial do Convento by Jose Saramago ("Klosterkrønike" in Norwegian ...

Hmm. Isn't the Deptford Trilogy cheating? Off the top of my head: A Prayer for Owen Meany War and Peace The Master and Margarita Peacable Kingdom Emma Time's Witness The Stand Silence of the Lambs Remains of the Day Last Call Phineas Finn Pictures of Perfection ...

#21 - could you or someone explain why you think Master and Margarita is so wonderful? I read it recently, but gave up on it about two thirds of the way through, as I could not relate to it in any way; only a few humorous and macabre scenes had kept me reading thus far. Do I need to have read F ...

I'm taking Tango lessons, reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and pretty much anything else that takes my interest. I've read On the Road and Howl and other poems and the first bit of Naked Lunch, but I was reading a bunch of other stuff and I couldn't keep it all ...

I'm taking Tango lessons, reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and pretty much anything else that takes my interest. I've read On the Road and Howl and other poems and the first bit of Naked Lunch, but I was reading a bunch of other stuff and I couldn't keep it all ...

I'm taking Tango lessons, reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and pretty much anything else that takes my interest. I've read On the Road and Howl and other poems and the first bit of Naked Lunch, but I was reading a bunch of other stuff and I couldn't keep it all ...

I'm taking Tango lessons, reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and pretty much anything else that takes my interest. I've read On the Road and Howl and other poems and the first bit of Naked Lunch, but I was reading a bunch of other stuff and I couldn't keep it all ...

I'm taking Tango lessons, reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and pretty much anything else that takes my interest. I've read On the Road and Howl and other poems and the first bit of Naked Lunch, but I was reading a bunch of other stuff and I couldn't keep it all ...

I'm taking Tango lessons, reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and pretty much anything else that takes my interest. I've read On the Road and Howl and other poems and the first bit of Naked Lunch, but I was reading a bunch of other stuff and I couldn't keep it all ...

I'm taking Tango lessons, reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and pretty much anything else that takes my interest. I've read On the Road and Howl and other poems and the first bit of Naked Lunch, but I was reading a bunch of other stuff and I couldn't keep it all ...

I'm taking Tango lessons, reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and pretty much anything else that takes my interest. I've read On the Road and Howl and other poems and the first bit of Naked Lunch, but I was reading a bunch of other stuff and I couldn't keep it all ...

I'm taking Tango lessons, reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and pretty much anything else that takes my interest. I've read On the Road and Howl and other poems and the first bit of Naked Lunch, but I was reading a bunch of other stuff and I couldn't keep it all ...

I'm taking Tango lessons, reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and pretty much anything else that takes my interest. I've read On the Road and Howl and other poems and the first bit of Naked Lunch, but I was reading a bunch of other stuff and I couldn't keep it all ...

I just started reading Master and Margarita last night. So many people here have said it is great, I hope am not disappointed. It's certainly not like any other Russian literature I've read;) John

... finished! -- i'm a multiple book reader so this detail matters) from 01 Jan: 1. The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk 2. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 3. If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi 4. Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky 5. The Devil ...

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#88 juliette07 - No, this is my first of their translations. I also own Anna Karenina, The Master and Margarita, The Double and The Gambler and Richard Pevear's translation of The Three Musketeers. I had been meaning to finally crack one open and I chose C&P. It's been a pleasant ...

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... Five by Kurt Vonnegut The Hours by Michael Cunningham The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox War and Peace by ...

... the milieu around the "evil" Russian empire during the Cold War influenced my perceptions of the lit. I want to re-read Master and Margarita later this year. I read it the end of 2007 and struggled with it, I was very impatient, but I think a second read would be worthwhile for me. I would ...

... and I ended up reading a lot of russian literature to get a feel for the history and the country. Now I love it!! I have The Master and Margarita in my TBD pile right now. Never tackled war and peace! Read gogol, pushkin, dostoyevsky and modern russian literature which is always interesting. ...

Classic Russian lit. I've managed to avoid it all my life and the last few months have read The Master and Margarita, Anna Karenina and am close to halfway through War and Peace. It really is amazing literature.

... Smith Myanmar Saving Fish From Drowning - Amy Tan Poland Night - Elie Wiesel Russia The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov The Secret History of Moscow - Ekaterina Sedia Rwanda Left To Tell - Imaculee Ilibagiza An Ordinary Man: An Aut ...

... nor was it particularly edifying. I had hoped that Mailer's use of the demon narrator would be closer to Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, or even Lewis's Screwtape Letters, but it seems superfluous in this case. Anyone else care to share an opinion? I'm starting with David Qua ...

... so intrigued by her, but I have several others on my list -- one in particular recommended by you, I think! I agree that The Master and Margarita is a brilliant book, and I was glad I read it. Alas, it is more the sort I read for growth than for pleasure, as most of the characters and their ...

Have put The Master and Margarita on my list!

Just the name "Long Piddleton" makes me giggle a little every time. 10. The Master and Margarita What a superb novel. Beautifully written, seamlessly crafted, brilliant. It took me a while to get into it, because it's no simple read, and I didn't have a block of time to devote to it. But ...

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I can't think of one favorite author overall, although I think the greatest book ever written was The Master and Margarita. My favorite series by far is the Amber books by Roger Zelazny. Other series I like are The Deathgate Cycle, Songs of Fire and Ice, The Last Herald Mage Trilogy, All ...

Don Juan in Hell Bernard Shaw The Master and the Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake So This Is Depravity by Russell Baker Hollywood by Charles Bukowski Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis All ...

There's a mental hospital in Master and Margarita, but I'm about 98% certain that that book begins with a conversation taking place in a park. Hmm... *scratches chin all intellectual-thinking-like*

I like your approach to the selection of the translation, Killeymoon. I did much the same thing with The Master and Margarita recently. I looked at 3 different translations in the bookstore, rejected one immediately, and settled on the new Pevear-Volokhonsky translation. I can't speak for the ...

My favourite Russian novel would be a three-way tie between A Hero of Our Time, The Master and Margarita and Fathers and Sons. If I was forced to choose one book, I think it would be the Lermontov by a short head, but over his career, probably Lev Tolstoy as a novelist. In short fiction, ...

... one of my favorites. Several books that I bought at used shops in London, especially the script of Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita A copy of Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler that my first boyfriend bought me My very well-worn copy of Ayn Rand's We ...

... thought maybe Elantris? I thought it very good. Haven't read Mistborn yet, so I can't compare them... Also, I think The Master and Margarita is fantasy. At least they meet the devil, fly on broomsticks, and a lot of things only explainable with 'magic' happens :-) And it is a classic ...

... liked Good Omens you should pick up Darkmans by nicola Barker. It's like if you crossed Gaiman and Prechett with The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. It was on the Booker short list for 2007. -mistress 'rissa

#38 The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (December): This 1939 Russian novel is a wild romp, in which Satan and a group of his minions visits Moscow to disrupt the lives of its residents in strange and marvelous ways. It will appeal best to those who enjoy fantasy and/or satire, or ...

62. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. One of the strangest books I've ever read.

Taking another break from Master and Margarita and reading The Muse Asylum which came highly recommended from a couple of LTers. Will return to M&M this evening.

... (review) , *** - Mario Vargas Llosa Europe Russia - The Master and Margarita (review), ***- Mikhail Bulgakov

... where people have no memories, in The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block. I'm also popping in on Moscow with The Master and Margarita and a cast of most ... interesting characters.

I'm still working on The Master and Margarita and am quite entranced. Find I have to take breaks from it every so often though, so I started my Early Reviewer book, The Story of Forgetting which is really wonderful. I have lots of reading time this weekend, so will probably finish both.

I'm still in Moscow with Master and Margarita while simultaneously (or alternately, since I really can't read two books at once, though I'd like to figure out how) in London with a Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym.

In addition to Master and Margarita, yesterday I picked up Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym just to give my head a little break. Yesterday I listened to Jim Dale read the unabridged A Christmas Carol - audiobook; it was quite wonderful.

I'm in Moscow with the Devil and an interesting cast of characters, including a cat and The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

I'm reading The Master and Margarita. A very different sort of book! I think it will take me awhile to read this one as I have to read endnotes and look up references. I am intrigued though -- will also prompt me to learn more about Russian history.

Just finished The Land of Women and now starting on The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I believe this is my first Russian novel - wish me luck!

... Life and Death of Nicholas II by Edvard Radzinsky The Life and times of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The memory keeper's daughter by Kim Edwards The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker The Origins of the British by ...

>22 lindsacl - I'm not sure if I'd characterize The Master and Margarita as the norm for Russian literature, but that book is a lot of fun. I hope your group enjoys!

I haven't "been" anywhere interesting in a while, but now I'm in Moscow reading The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov. This is a book group read, and was highly recommended by LT members on this thread. Seems to be quite different from my "usual" stuff, but that's precisely why I'm ...

I'm reading The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov. Thjs is a book group read, and was highly recommended by LT members. It's my first experience with Russian literature as well. Seems to be quite different from my "usual" stuff, but that's precisely why I'm reading it!

Possession by A.S. Byatt My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (a re-read) A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr Bleak House by Charles Dickens (another re-read)

you have it right there LillyJames, Bulgakov was probably the best in my opinion. the master and margarita was the first of his i read and i was bowled over by it. check out heart of a dog thats also great. i also liked we by Zamyatin and Lolita was a great read. hoping to read Dead ...

... the first Virago Modern Classic published (and the first VMC that I've read as well) 66. The Master and Margarita - review, unusual fantasy/satire based in Moscow 67. The Art of Mending - iamfitz in What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list? Part 2 (Nov 29, 2007, 12:07pm)

The Master and Margarita by Mikail Bulgakov Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the rise of the new imperialism by Greg Grandin The Sea, the Sea and Under the Net by Iris Murdoch Edited to say: Hmmm, instead of the last two touchstones working, they ...

I'll second (or third...) George Guidall!

... (119) One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (107) Possession : a romance by A.S. Byatt (78) The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (77) Crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (100) I didn't try to get all the Author touchstones because so ...

... Hamid Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

the Master and Margarita was the first of his i read and was blown away by. i've read Heart of a Dog and i thought it was pretty funny, but i agree some of the alegorys were lost on me. next i got a nice copy recently of The Fatal Eggs with an intro by Doris Lessing and translated by Huge ...

So many books to read, so little time! I finally gave up on The Master and Margarita, even though I was only a few chapters from the end, because it just wasn't speaking to me. I'm convinced that it was an extremely funny and meaningful book at the time and place it was written, but I don't live ...

... it sounds very different from her other books. Here's hoping the writing is as stunning as her others. Also on deck: The Master and Margarita, The Old Man and the Sea, Elmer Gantry, The Blind Assassin.

... illustrates and sums up the plot of each of 80 Swedish or foreign literature classics. Spoilers galore! Here is an example, The Master and Margarita (in my translation to English), which is also featured on the cover: Woland arrives in Moscow with some odd company. Strange things start ...

A trip to Powells City of Books yielded: The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and another that shall remain a secret for the time being.

... Francis mystery for my husband. Later in the evening I adopted some books from some dear friends: Roman Fever, The Master and the Margarita, The Sugar House, and The Misses Mallett. The latter two are Virago Modern Classics which my friends tell me are to die for. I suspect a ...

... like someone else to compare? Or do you just feel like throwing out a few ideas? Here's the thread for that. I'm reading The Master and Margarita, among other things, and seem to have bogged down near the end. Too many other books distracting my attention. But I'd be interested in having ...

... literature Euripides PE—English language Talking Right PG—Slavic languages; Baltic languages; Albanian language The Master and Margarita PJ—Oriental philology and literature The Girls of Riyadh PL— Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania After Dark PN—Literature (general ...

... with no resolution. I would only recommend this as a look at Egyptian culture in the 50s, not as a novel per se. 34. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (a reread) I had forgotten how very much I love this book. In fact, The Master and Margarita has to be one of my all-time ...

I am rereading The Master and Margarita for a book group. I read it in the early 70s, so it will seem new again.

... Actually, lately I've been reading some Russian lit from Stalin's reign. A lot of it's very atheistic (is that a word?). The Master and Margarita is a BRILLIANT book. In it, Satan comes to earth and works black magic - I suppose it might be more scary if the reader thinks Satan is real.

They didn't hire me at the Strand because I didn't know the name of the translator of Master and Margarita. The TRANSLATOR. I was really, really pissed.

... and it was a delight to run into him again. I'll have to add White Guard to my reading list. While I'm enjoying The Master and Margarita, I think I would learn more from a more straightforward approach to the subject matter. Yes to your assessment of Dostoyevsky, too, although I ...

I'm reading Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita right now. It's so different stylistically that it's hard to compare it to either Zhivago or Tale of Two Cities, but it's a more sprightly read than Zhivago which, for me, dragged in many sections. I think Zhivago requires closer attention than I ...

... 5. Science Fiction: 2001: A Space Odyssey gets this by default since I have read very little sci fi. 6. Experimental: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 7. Romance: If romance can count as strange or twisted relationships, I'd pick The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch or ...

... in their taggin efforts: The trial by Franz Kafka One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Life of Pi : a novel by Yann Martel The wind-up bird chronicle by Haruki Murakami American gods : a novel ...

50. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov pp 402 This is quickly becoming one of my favorite satires. Halfway through If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino which is an incredible read.

... by Franz Kafka. "One hot spring evening, just as the sun was going down, two men appeared at Patriarch's Ponds." The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. "It was starting to end, after what seemed most of eternity to me." Nine Princes in Amber, Roger Zelaznny.

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen Donaldson The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells Mercenary by Piers Anthony

Another thought - this makes me think of the "devil" of The Master and Margarita.

... my cherished, I took the list and a $50 gift certificate to B&N and went online. I only ended up with two from the list, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz. Following recommendations from the bookseller I also ordered Watermark by Joseph Brods ...

... literature lately since my shelves bend under the weight of modern American lit and French. I really enjoyed Ferdydurke,The Master and Margarita and I'm loving Dead Souls. As to reading more, I tend to find my friends trying to lure me out from behind pages. I have no television, so ...

... and am about 2.5 hrs into it. Pretty well written so far, and I am enjoying George Guidell's narration. He also narrated The Master and Margarita which I really enjoyed a lot. He did a great job with Behemouth's character, completely conveying the snide slothfullness.

... Golden 1984 by George Orwell House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus The March by E.L. Doctorow The Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov I also checked out A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

... by Ian McEwan The Secret History by Donna Tartt Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

I really really enjoyed The Master and Margarita, which I just finished at the end of last week. I really recommend it. The scenes are just filled with over-the-top mischief and fantastic imagery. Behemouth the cat was easily my favorite character, and I just envisioned this book as a classic pre- ...

... had heard rather discouraging things about Coelho, but I found this book at least to be really readable. Next up is either The Master and Margarita or What I Loved...haven't decided yet.

... world we would consider magical. More non-Latin-American examples would be Haruki Murakami and Mikhail Bulgakov. The Master and Margarita takes place in something that is recognizably Soviet Russia, and there is plenty of gritty realistic detail, but there is also a large talking cat ...

19) The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - What an interesting book. This book was written in 1930 and was surpressed under the Russian government. Consequently it came to light and has been one of the best received Russian novels of the 20th century. It's a very fantastical story of ...

... Ass on a Pilgrimage to Santiago by Tim Moore My Grand-Mom Told Me by Marie Elaina Gordon Hiroshima Mon Amour by Marguerite Dumas

the magic mountain by thomas mann second slice by olivia debarardinis the master and margarita by mikhail bulgakov a storm of swords by george r.r. martin democracy and disagreement by amy gutmann the power of place by winifred gallagher the pursuit of ...

... might put those off till later if you're not already a fan of the genre. i'm currently reading mikhail bulgakov's the master and margarita - was expecting a tough, literary read, but it's actually very light and absolutely hilarious. highly recommend that. alexandre dumas is on ...

#15: hazelk Comprehension of The Master and Margarita definately benefits from doing a little bit of research into that particular era of Soviet history. At the time, there was a minor economic thaw happening, and Lenin encouraged entrepeneurs and foreign investment. In the Moscow scenes, Bulga ...

>12:gregtmills: I usually stick at a book but couldn't fathom The Master and Margarita. Yes, I know it's certainly not hyper-realist and didn't expect that. Can you suggest a 'way in' for me?

I agree about The Master and Margarita and the in the WWII context perhaps The Tin Drum?

Do you think The Master and Margarita fits into the category of magical realism? I think it does, or comes close, and that it is an example of a " dissident and dialectical discourse strategy that can provide a more accurate representation of human reality as a whole".

Oh, that's easy. The Master and Margarita.

... God or the Devil or both - for a reading list. We've come up with the usuals: Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky; Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov; Dennis Wheatley: various Satanic books; Mr Weston's Good Wine by T. F. Powys. But then our collective library ...

... write excellent books, but they are the equivalent of an R-rated movie. Plus you have books that are more PG-13 such as The Master and Margarita, but are so irreverent towards Christianity that I could imagine certain districts would be upset if such a book was taught. Perhaps that's part ...

Nabokov is my favorite writer, but The Master Margarita is my favorite book. It's too good in fact, making me leery of other Bulgakov titles out fear of disappointment. I never claimed I was rational.

#12 Master and Margarita is a great book! So clever and entertaining... My Amazon wishlist has its own zipcode at the moment. My To Read list is whatever I grab when I've finished the current one.

... get any idea on where to start. To wade through them at random seemed like a doomed modus operandi... #11 - The Master and Margarita is well worth reading! Maybe I should add that the books above is "TBR pile" > books that I own and plan to read soon/now. I carry a small ...

cj cherryh's on my "TBR list" although not in the pile. right now i think the master and margarita is going to be next, since it's been on my pile for a long while, and i just today saw a thread in which it was being raved about. after that, i've got to re-read the first five of steven ...

Oh LillyJames, I love The master and Margarita, one of the BEST books I have ever read.

... Russian authors are exceptional and it should be difficult to choose a favourite but, all I have to do is think of The Master and Margarita and it becomes very easy to choose Mikhail Bulgakov. I would be unhappy if I knew I could never again read books by all of the other Russian ...

#91 So true! I cry every time I come to the end of The Master and Margarita or Villette simply because the book is about to end. I have read both books so often that they're part of the landscape of my memories. The characters are dear friends.

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Villette by Charlotte Bronte Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine Death on the Installment Plan by Louis-Ferdinand Celine Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Demian by Hermann Hesse The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot ...

I'm not sure if he counts but if he does, Behemoth from The Master and Margarita is my favourite cat character. Puss in Boots is a close second.

... Correspondence by Sam Bobrick Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

... subtextual theory. Many deconstructions concerning libertarianism exist. In a sense, the main theme of Dietrich’s10 critique of postsemioticist dialectic theory is the role of the poet as reader. The premise of textual prepatriarchial theory implies that the significance of the poet ...

... Kay 25. Green Darkness - Anya Seton 26. Ex Libris : Confessions of a Common Reader - Anne Fadiman 27. The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov April 28. A Rose for the Crown - Anne Easter Smith 29. The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey 30. Queen Isab ...

um, five off the top of my head: the master and margarita by Mikhail bulgakov maldoror by lautreamont mysteries by knut hamsun invisible cities by italo calvino molloy, malone dies and the unnameable by samuel beckett

... Night by Kurt Vonnegut, or anything by him; this is my favorite. Chaos - Making a New Science by James Gleick Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Franny and Zooey or any of the Glass Family stories by J.D. Salinger Outside the Dog Museum by Jonathan Carroll - ...

... that you recall your veiled threat to chain yourself to our railings at 44 Eagle Street untill we published an edition of The Master and Margarita. Well you can breathe easy; I am not going to call your bluff. The good news is that we are planning to publish Bulgakov's classic novel in 2 ...

For starters. I have been reading The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov. It was unfinished, and published posthumously. Russian writer, whose works were banned in the Soviet Union. I thought this book would be interesting, considering it seems to be a favorite among rock stars. ...

... here. My choice would be a toss up between J-K Huysmans' A Rebours (Against Nature) or Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita - probably the former.

... of the first half of the 20th century--remain in his home and unpublished until long after his death. His most famous work The master and Margarita appeared in 1966--26 years after his death. In the intervening years Anna Akhmatova and Boris Pasternak among others are also hounded by ...

... in my library a Russian book called "Izbrannoe" (Selected Works) by Mikhail Bulgakov, which contains his famous novel The Master and Margarita plus a four of his short stories. Should this be combined under "The Master and Margarita"? I decided, why not? Was I right? What would you do?

... writing an opera. He hasn't written anything decent since Jesus Christ Superstar and that was pop music. Don't worry about Master and Margarita - his version will be so far removed from the original it ain't worth worrying about. (I don't think he'll even sell a ticket.)

... on Andrew Lloyd Webber "It was announced on 25 August 2006 on his personal website that his next project would be the Master and Margarita (however, Lloyd Webber has stated that the project will most likely be an opera rather than a musical)." Is anyone else filled with dread at this ...

I'm tempted to up my challenge, but I won't because I know my reading will slow down very soon. 27. The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov

littlebookworm in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 Mar 2007 (Mar 31, 2007, 9:15pm) Just finished The Master and Margarita and still don't know what to make of it. I'm going to seek out some critical interpretations to try and understand better. I've decided to give my mind a rest with some long historical fiction - A Rose for the Crown by Anne Easter Smith, featuring my ... ablueidol in 50 Book Challenge : Blueidol's April progress on the 50 book challenge (Mar 31, 2007, 12:44pm) ... Life and Death of Nicholas II by Edvard Radzinsky The Life and times of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The memory keeper's daughter by Kim Edwards The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker The Origins of the British by ... littlebookworm in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 Mar 2007 (Mar 30, 2007, 7:44am) Yesterday I read Ex Libris : Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman and loved it! I also have just started The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, but I'm only a few pages in so I can't judge yet. jina in Nabokov! : Nabokov! Message Board (Mar 30, 2007, 7:35am) ... get some more info about the characters, about situations and of course about Nabokov's writing process. and Karlus, Master and Margarita is one of the best stories i've read. it's one of these books that have many many fans, there's a movie based on it, theatrical plays and quite ... jina in Nabokov! : Nabokov! Message Board (Mar 29, 2007, 3:15pm) thanks, karlus ;-) checking your catalog, lots of books you got there, we also share master and margarita.what a book!! with "Laughter in the Dark" those too are my top books. :)) jagmuse in Reading Globally : Where in the World are you now? (Mar 29, 2007, 11:46am) I'm in three different localities (and times in fact!) Russia - The Master and Margarita, England - White Teeth and France - La Princesse de Cleves (in English). LolaWalser in Cats, books, life is good. : Favorite cat character (Mar 28, 2007, 3:27pm) He's an armful, a vodka-swilling pest, and a devil, but my favourite has got to be Bulgakov's Behemoth in The master and Margarita. littlebookworm in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came into Your Home Today? (Mar 27, 2007, 9:28pm) ... hday: Lord of Emperors - Guy Gavriel Kay 1984 - George Orwell The Bone Doll's Twin - Lynn Flewelling The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader - Anne Fadiman House of Leaves ... jina in Book talk : Post books that you read at least 3 times (Mar 26, 2007, 4:37pm) ... God Little by DBC Pierre , i'd love to read it again or if not read the whole thing some chapters. another one is Master and Margarita because it's so beautiful. Humbert_Humbert in 50 Book Challenge : Patric's 50 books.... (Mar 25, 2007, 3:37pm) 9. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Busifer in Book talk : Need help before Noon CST (Mar 22, 2007, 10:14am) I've tried hard not to suggest anything overtly fantasy or sf... The Master and Margarita should be interesting as platform for discussing good vs. evil. The Cobweb has some years but was initially written under an alias and is nominally a mystery/crime/spie/spook story but could be ... jveezer in Folio Society devotees : Castaway Choices (Mar 20, 2007, 9:43am) ... it was a bit to expensive for my budget, so I was happy with a reading copy. I'm reading it now for the first time. If Master and Margarita gets published, I'll definitely bite based on the raves I'm hearing. Like many people, I don't think I've read any Eastern European literature. LeeRobson in Folio Society devotees : Castaway Choices (Mar 19, 2007, 8:01pm) Julian, I've also made mention of The Master and Margarita to the Society, so we can hope that they'll publish it if only to stop me ranting. Having said that, I was *more* vehement in my campaign to get them to publish Lolita and I don't envisage that to be looming o'er any horizons soon. ... almigwin in What did YOU buy today? : What did you buy Today? March Edition. (Mar 12, 2007, 3:11pm) shipment rec'd today from various used dealers thru amazon: three novellas by joseph roth: fallmerayer the station master,the bust of the emperor and the legend of the holy drinker;also by roth: rebellion tr by michael hoffman to each his own by leonardo sciascia tr. by adrienne ... briconcella in A Pearl of Wisdom and Enlightenment : Books on Wisdom and Enlightenment. (Feb 28, 2007, 5:41pm) The master and Margarita, by Boulgalov,set in the 1920s in Moscow, is a beautiful tale on good vs evil jessicab in Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... (Feb 25, 2007, 10:39am) ... there any love out there for this amazing book? If by chance anyone out there is on my side, you might be interested in The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Rushdie based certain elements of his novel on this one. Also brilliant, a little more accessible, and just as weird. Humbert_Humbert in 50 Book Challenge : What are some of the books you plan to read? (Feb 24, 2007, 2:20pm) Once I've finished Crime and Punishment I think I'm going to read: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Short Stories by Anton Chekhov Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky ... Busifer in The Green Dragon : The Green Dragon Message Board (Jan 22, 2007, 9:31am) ... the kitchen, pours a big mug of nice hot cocoa, tiptoe to dark corner, snuggles up & continues to read... on to part two of The Master and Margarita, at last...!* cathf in Books that made me think : Books that made me think Message Board (Jan 11, 2007, 7:01am) ... make of it now. Also, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance;Steppenwolf and The Glass Bead game by Hesse; The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov; Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevski Busifer in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now. (Jan 10, 2007, 2:52pm) I had decided to start reading The Master and Margarita today, before we started on the group read, but now I'm stuck with this report (see #62)... 08:50 PM and still not finished. I'm not going to say it sucks, but... well. Busifer in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now. (Jan 7, 2007, 4:22am) ... dated Grace Jones, if anybody remebers her, and forgot his mother tounge - he sounds ridiculous...) Or maybe I'll reread The Master and Margarita; it was a long time since, and I have forgotten most of it except that I liked it ten years ago. Busifer in The Green Dragon : Okay, how many of you have made a resolution to read more in the coming year? (Jan 4, 2007, 3:27pm) ... should count... Some rereads counts as new reads, if it was a long time since the first read. Right now I'm considering The Master and Margarita and I remember I loved it but it was 10 years ago and I don't remember much. And so I'll consider this "new". Wow, don't we all make our own ... SeanLong in Irish Lit : Colm Tóibín (Jan 4, 2007, 11:50am) ... Hogan, are my two favorite living Irish writers. I love all of Toibin's work, and thought that he reached a pinnacle with The Master. Mothers and Sons was on the front page of the New York Times Book Review this Sunday past, and received an excellent review. I plan on reading it after I ... chocolatedog in Reading Globally : Recommend four novels from four different continents... (Dec 18, 2006, 10:23pm) Europe: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Russia) North America: The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (Canada) Africa: The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emechata (Nigeria) Oceania: The Bone People by Keri Hulme (New Zealand) Killeymoon in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Bottom Five for 2006 (Dec 14, 2006, 7:52am) Message 28, hazelk The person recommending The Master and Margarita was probably me! I don't think it's just you though - even as I was reading it, I did have a strong impression that it wasn't a book that everyone would like, even though I really did. hazelk in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Bottom Five for 2006 (Dec 12, 2006, 10:58am) Any thoughts on The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov? I can't remember if it was some LibraryThingers recommending it or not, but I simply couldn't get on with it. Was it me? LouisBranning in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 25 Nov 2006 (Dec 1, 2006, 7:44am) I'm a big fan of The Master and Margarita, hazelk, and just re-read it this year, so I vote 'yes'. hazelk in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 25 Nov 2006 (Dec 1, 2006, 6:48am) I didn't persevere with one of the books I listed above The Master and Margarita. Should I have? hazelk in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 25 Nov 2006 (Nov 26, 2006, 1:18pm) Uniform Justice by Donna Leon The Master and Margarita byMikhail Bulgakov Arthur and George by Julian Barnes and one non-fiction The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome It depends on my mood and if I'm tired or not as to which I turn to. jargoneer in Fans of Russian authors : Mikhail Bulgakov (Nov 15, 2006, 5:21am) Bulgakov was born in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, but moved to Moscow when 21. I've just finished re-reading The Master and Margarita and it is hard to say much, other than it is worth anybody's time reading or re-reading it. avaland in Fans of Russian authors : Mikhail Bulgakov (Nov 14, 2006, 3:02pm) ... had a co-worker at the bookstore who was Ukranian and when asked what we had in the store from the Ukraine she pointed out Master and the Margarita. Killeymoon in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 11 Nov 2006 (Nov 13, 2006, 7:36am) I finished The Master and Margarita on Saturday. Fascinating and sometimes mildly shocking, but unputdownable! For something totally different, I read Paddington Abroad yesterday. Now I'm contemplating my TBR pile. I was thinking about A Tale of Two Cities but I think I'm not quite in ... EricaKline in Reading Great Books : Great Books I have read (Nov 9, 2006, 3:27pm) ... be better? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers Everything she wrote is good, but this is fantastic. Master and Margarita Bulgakov Whew - that's a lot of "good" books. Erica Killeymoon in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 4 Nov 2006 (Nov 8, 2006, 7:21am) ... of my "travel reads" for this week (The Man in the High Castle, Specimen Days and Siddhartha), and now I'm on to The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I read about 50 pages in the middle of the night (jet-lag gives me all kinds of odd hours in which to read!), and it was ... LouisBranning in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 Oct 2006 (Oct 28, 2006, 6:57am) Alhana, I'm a huge fan of The Master and Margarita, have just re-read it in the last 6 months, and envy anyone reading it for the first time. nicoletort, since you were kind enough to ask my opinion of Joe Menno's book, I think I should make it clear that it's highly unusual for me to ... Alhana in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 Oct 2006 (Oct 28, 2006, 5:42am) I'm reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, and the italian versione of Jesus Video by Andreas Eschbach. amandameale in The Prizes : IMPAC/Dublin Prize (Oct 9, 2006, 9:11am) ... loved it but can't urge anyone to read it because it is not an easy read. I was also hugely impressed by this year's winner The Master by Colm Toibim. Again, it's not for everybody - if you can enjoy language and technique over plot, then it's worth reading. A beautiful book. hazelk in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 Sep 2006 (Sep 19, 2006, 11:26am) Att:amandameale: Agree The Master is not exciting but agree it's compelling in its own quiet way. Beautifully written. amandameale in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 Sep 2006 (Sep 18, 2006, 8:55am) Still reading The Master by Colm Toibin. Not exciting, but well-written and interesting - it's about the American author Henry James. Started The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham (Australian) - a young woman has returned to her home town where she makes a huge impact as a dressmaker (of ... amandameale in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 9 Sep 2006 (Sep 11, 2006, 8:47am) Started The Master by Colm Toibin which is a fictionalised account of the later years of Henry James. I love the way it reads - unpretentious, very smooth. Nearly finished Special Topics in Calamity Physics and I feel ripped off. Something has kept me going (the humour?) but the teeny ... amandameale in Non-American Literature : What are you reading September 2006? (Sep 7, 2006, 8:58am) I've just started The Master by Colm Toibin - Irish. It's a fictionalised biography of Henry James and won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize this year. tiffehr in Newsies : Okay, we need to break the common-books weighting of 2. (Aug 24, 2006, 8:28pm) ... else has to own a book both Jaime and I own. Please, anyone? It'll automatically go to the #1 spot.... Nobody else has The Master and Margarita? Ron's Secret Parts of Fortune? The Good German? fridgepopper in Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Readers : The Best Peace Corps Novel (Aug 20, 2006, 8:27pm) ... my 2 years of service if I had not read Chingiz Aitmitov's The Day Lasts More than A Hundred Years and Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. They really made most of my concerns about my own sanity living in the crumbling remnants of Soviet Central Asia vanish into vapor, as I was able ... fridgepopper in Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Readers : The Best Peace Corps Novel (Aug 20, 2006, 8:26pm) ... my 2 years of service if I had not read Chingiz Aitmitov's The Day Lasts More than A Hundred Years and Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. They really made most of my concerns about my own sanity living in the crumbling remnants of Soviet Central Asia vanish into vapor, as I was able ... kieren_valente in Folio Society devotees : Wahoo!!! The new books are posted for 2007. It's time to renew! (Aug 16, 2006, 1:15pm) ... Companion to World Mythology The Folio Diary 2007 Slight differences, what-ho? :) And I am so with appaloosaman on The Master and Margarita that I'm making it a touchstone even though it doesn't belong in this message board - most regrettably. There's always 2008, I guess. Which arrives ... fridgepopper in Desert Island Books : Top 10 Fiction Titles (Aug 15, 2006, 5:13pm) kieran we share 2 titles (master and margarita and magic mountain), 1 author (woolf) and crime and punishment should really be on my list as well (my 10 goes to 11? this is why i don't like ranking). i'm interested in discussing these novels and anything else as well. i'm surprised ... fridgepopper in Desert Island Books : Top 10 Fiction Titles (Aug 15, 2006, 5:09pm) ... by anthony powell the day lasts more than a hundred years by chingiz aitmatov mrs. dalloway by virginia woolf master and margarita by bulgakov the magic mountain by thomas mann hamlet by shakespeare the sheltering sky by paul bowles the alexandria quartet by law ... kieren_valente in Desert Island Books : Top 10 Fiction Titles (Aug 9, 2006, 7:41am) ... crazy enough to already have attempted such a list once upon a time...) 1.The Waves 2.Crime and Punishment 3.The Master and Margarita 4.The Magic Mountain 5.The Trial 6.The Grapes of Wrath 7.And Quiet Flows the Don 8.The Longest Journey 9.Wide Sargasso Sea 10.Bl ... cesarschirmer in Fans of Russian authors : Mikhail Bulgakov (Aug 5, 2006, 6:22pm) The Master and Margarita is really great. I want to re-read at least some parts of it. alibrarian in Fans of Russian authors : Mikhail Bulgakov (Aug 5, 2006, 6:06pm) The master and Margarita is one of my favorite Russian novels. I've been planning to re-read to see if it as good as I remember. Quick Links Amazon.com (direct) Abebooks.com Google Books — Loading... Project Gutenberg (0 editions) WorldCat Get this book Local Book Search All sources Popular covers (see all 225 covers)   Help/FAQs | About | Privacy/Terms | Blog | Contact | LibraryThing.com | APIs | WikiThing | Common Knowledge | 45,670,264 books! Copyright LibraryThing and/or members of LibraryThing, authors, publishers, libraries, cover designers, Amazon, Bol, Bruna, etc. | static: /