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Mikhail Bulgakov's
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA

Banned for 27 years, and initially published in a heavily censored edition, The Master and Margarita is probably the most important Russian novel of the 20th century. Written as a satire against the suffocating bureaucracy of Stalin, the book has been hugely influential, and inspired Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, the Rolling Stones’ song Sympathy for the Devil, and the work of many other international artists, writers and musicians.

Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic book tells three intertwined tales – the main story set in the 1930s revolves round a visit to Russia during Holy Week by the devil and four of his apprentices as they raise merry hell with anyone unfortunate enough to meet them. The second tale details a lovelorn woman, Margarita, who desperately wants the Devil’s help to be reunited with her lover, The Master, who has been institutionalised after falling foul of one the Devil’s tricks.

The third story retells the meeting between Jesus and Pontius Pilate as seen through the writings of the incarcerated Master.

THE ARTISTS

Andrzej Klimowski
Klimowski has exhibited internationally, with work collected by museums in Europe and the United States. His acclaimed career has seen Klimowski designing film and theatre posters as well as directing short animated films in Warsaw plus designing covers for Penguin, Faber & Faber, Everyman Library and Oberon Books, as well as contributing drawings to The Guardian. His graphic novels The Depository and The Secret have been published by Faber, who will be bringing out his new book, Horace Dorlan, in Spring 2007. Klimowski is
Professor of Illustration at the Royal College of Art, London.

Danusia Schejbal
Schejbal has exhibited her critically acclaimed paintings in exhibitions across Europe. Born in London, she was awarded a British Council Scholarship to study Stage Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland. From 1976 to 1981, she designed sets and costumes for various theatres in Poland. Her career has subsequently seen her as a designer for the Cherub Theatre Company (1981 Sunday Telegraph Award for best production at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for Macbeth). For The Master and Margarita, Schejbal paints the Passion story and the magical stories within the novel, delicately in gouache.

DETAILS

Series title:
Eye Classics
Book title:
The Master and Margarita
Original author:
Mikhail Bulgakov
Adapted &
Illustrated by:
Andrzej Klimowski
Danusia Schejbal
UK Publication date:
February 2008
Format:
152 x 229mm
Extent:
128
Colour:
Full colour
Binding:
Paperback
Price:
£16.99
Category:
Graphic Novels

ISBN:
13-digit: 978-0-9552856-7-7