Question by attack_of_the_5ft_girl: Master and Margarita?
Can anyone tell me what exactly is so great about The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov without giving away the ending?
I’ve been reading it for two months and have 90 pages left, but I feel like I’ve missed something. Why exactly is this book supposed to be one of the greatest of the 20th century?
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Answer by tham153
I tend to agree with your views of the value of this book. It is very remotely based on a re-telling of Goethe’s Faust. Perhaps with that in mind you might at least see where the author is aiming.
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tonydal says
Yeah, I just got through reading it. I read it fast (mainly because it's supposed to be Garry Kasparov's favorite book), but I'd give it 2 and a half out of 5 stars. Didn't seem to be a lot of point to it–although it started out great and the style was pretty fun throughout. The ending (without giving it anyway) definitely didn't mean much to me. I find by the way that a lot of the books deemed to be the greatest of the century (by somebody or other–although you never find out who) turn out to be pretty dismal.
Julian A says
Bulgakov is rewriting the story of Dr. Faustus and Mefistofeles, concentrating in this last character, because he can love the mankind perhaps its errors. Master and Margarita has to be readed like an ironic play, especially in characters like Asmodeo or the cat Popota. And the scenes of vamipirism are delicious…