The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

For November we will be delving into modern Russian literature and reading Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece The Master and Margarita.

"An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech." (Goodreads)

We look forward to seeing you at the meetup!

Two small but important housekeeping notes:

• We will choose the December book (Wednesday 10.12) during the meetup, so please fill in the recommendations question when you sign up! We typically try to keep the books around 300 pages so that it's achievable to finish it in 3-4 weeks.

• If you can not make the meetup, please cancel in good time so that those joining from the waiting list have a fair chance to read the book.