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I AM JUST HERE TO FLAIL OVER HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS BOOK AND THIS TRANSLATION ESPECIALLY. Oh, I think it is nearly time for another reread...

I read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, trans Diana Lewis Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O’Connor.

K.J. Charles’s review of The Master and Margaritawww.goodreads.com God this is the greatest book in the world. I've read this probably thirty times in all the translations I can get my hands on. This is one of my favourites: not as smooth as the Glenny but a lot mo...

Babes, it is all here. The heartlessness of bureaucracies. The importance of stories. Naked flying women. A giant talking cat. Chaos and absurdity. The Devil. ACAB, but also landlords and government officials. Comeuppance for greed and power-grubbing. A damned good time.