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The Master and Margarita

Written by: Mikhail Bulgakov
Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
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Publisher's Summary

The Master and Margarita is one of the most famous and best-selling Russian novels of the 20th century, despite its surreal environment of talking cats, Satan, and mysterious happenings. Naxos AudioBooks presents this careful abridgement of a new translation in an imaginative reading by the charismatic Julian Rhind-Tutt. With War and Peace and Crime and Punishment among the Naxos AudioBooks best-sellers, this too promises to be a front title.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2006 LuLu Press (P)2009 Naxos AudioBooks
Classics Literature & Fiction World Literature
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"Bulgakov’s satire of the greed and corruption of Soviet authorities illustrates the redemptive nature of art and faith, and Julian Rhind-Tutt’s superb interpretation does the classic full justice. With a dramatic flair and a deep, multilayered voice, he pulls off a host of fantastical characters including Professor Woland (Satan) and several of his associates, Pontius Pilate and Jesus Christ, witches and madmen and a variety of early 20th-century Moscow literary and theater types." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Brilliant performance

The Master and Margarita is a classic -- so no need to comment on that. Think of Bulgakov as a satirical Dostoevsky. The reading by Julian Rhind-Tutt was out of this world. His voice conveyed a constant excitement and wonder with the story. Perhaps the best reading I've heard so far on Audible. I wish now I had ordered the longer version, not the abridged, as I came to the end wanting more.

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Brilliant and puzzling

While I will not reread for fear of insanity, I will ponder this book and its meaning for the rest of my life.

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