每個進入俄國的旅人,行囊中不可或缺的一本書
「不是苦澀的諷喻,而是充滿狂野的生命之愛!」 新德國
莫斯科市民票選「最了不起的20世紀俄國作家」No. 1,當代俄羅斯人最喜愛的作家──布爾加科夫
深刻媲美《浮士德》,偉大啟迪《魔鬼詩篇》,精采堪稱《魔戒》《哈利波特》等奇幻小說之祖!
人連今晚的事都無法篤定,又如何掌握得了自己的命運?──撒旦
本書描述魔王捉弄莫斯科人民,富有深厚的警世意味和魔幻哲理,創作過程極其傳奇。
布爾加科夫以兩年時間完成15章的寫作,但在政治鬥爭氣氛下遭文學界打壓時,卻將手稿付之一炬。之後,在生活困頓、親友疏離、走投無路的情況下,他持續寫作12年,八易其稿,直到身患重病還在努力修改。因為政治壓迫,此書脫稿30年仍不能出版,但在1966年解禁問世後,立即轟動文壇,暢銷20年,議論反響歷久不衰。
布爾加科夫的想像力及技巧令人嘆為觀止,文學後輩難以望其項背。《大師與瑪格麗特》初看神鬼、歷史、愛情三條主線交叉鋪陳,再看卻有重重伏筆,故事中又有故事。全書一氣呵成,既有推理懸吊人心的快意,又能啟發讀者對精神信念的思考。在宣揚無神論的蘇聯時代,布爾加科夫以此書大膽高呼對宗教信仰的堅持,寓意深長,更犀利透視善惡、愛恨、生死,揭露藝術家的創作本質,涵括多重美學風格與命題。
本書多次受改編為戲劇、電影與音樂作品,更於2005年底改編為電視影集,播映期間在莫斯科的收視率曾突破50%,令世人驚豔於這部小說的永恆魅力。
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THE ORIGINAL AND BEST TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL GLENNY
50th Anniversary Edition
Afterwards, when it was frankly too late, descriptions were issued of the man: expensive grey suit, grey beret, one green eye and the other black. He arrives in Moscow one hot summer
afternoon with various alarming accomplices, including a demonic, fast-talking black cat. When he leaves, the asylums are full and the forces of law and order are in disarray. Only the Master,
a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist the devil’s onslaught. Brilliant and blackly comic, The Master and Margarita was repressed by Stalin’s authorities and only
published after the author’s death.
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