It is 1933 and Mikhail Bulgakov's enviable career is on the brink of being dismantled. His friend and mentor, the poet Osip Mandelstam, has been arrested, tortured, and sent into exile. Meanwhile, a mysterious agent of the secret police has developed a growing obsession with exposing Bulgakov as an enemy of the state. To make matters worse, Bulgakov has fallen in love with the dangerously outspoken Margarita. Facing imminent arrest, infatuated with Margarita, he is inspired to write his masterpiece. A novel about the consequences of love for one of history's most enigmatic literary figures.
- ISBN10 1609453751
- ISBN13 9781609453756
- Publish Date 16 March 2017 (first published 14 March 2017)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Europa Editions
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336
- Language English