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Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of The Master & Margarita from the world's leading experts.
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Neil Gaiman @Slavinskas_art I love that book. (Source)
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Max Levchin Co-founder/PayPal, CEO/Affirm, InvestorOne of the finest works of fiction of the last century. (Source)
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Rupert Isaacson It’s all about compassion for yourself, for others and really how ultimately that’s all that matters. (Source)
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Annunziata Reesmogg @John_Stepek Great book (Source)
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Bradley Voytek The Master and Margarita is brilliant for the complexity of the relationship between good and evil in it. (Source)
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Andi Dumitrescu If I had to make a more rational choice, I’d go with Ulises or The Master and Margareta, but I think that choice is a bit snobbish. (Source)
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Nigar Hasan-Zadeh The Master and Margarita is the most mystical and mysterious way of describing the primitive and base sort of simplification of society under the Soviets. (Source)
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Nick Clegg I defy anyone to read those opening pages…and not have it slightly get under their skin and haunt them. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Master & Margarita is ranked in the following categories:
- #13 in 20th Century
- #72 in Bucket List
- #13 in Cat
- #18 in Catalog
- #11 in Censorship
- #76 in Classic
- #33 in Classical
- #6 in Comedic
- #5 in Communism
- #28 in Dad
- #20 in Evil
- #10 in Five
- #10 in Folio Society
- #40 in Gift
- #68 in Gilmore Girls
- #13 in Gold
- #9 in Hebrew
- #79 in Interesting
- #83 in Literary
- #44 in Literature
- #3 in Magical Realism
- #18 in Men
- #25 in Modern
- #23 in Modern Classic
- #5 in Modernism
- #16 in Modernist
- #99 in Must-Read
- #9 in Mystical
- #35 in Novel
- #29 in Penguin Classics
- #2 in Period
- #14 in Red
- #3 in Russian
- #2 in Satanism
- #5 in Satire
- #2 in Surrealism
- #34 in Top Ten
- #4 in Translated
- #11 in Used
- #7 in Weird
- #30 in World