“By turns hilarious, mysterious, contemplative, and poignant . . . A great work.” —Chicago Tribune
“Nude vampires, gun-toting talking black cat, and the devil as ultimate party starter aside, the miracle of this novel is that every time you read it, it’s a different book.” —Marlon James, “My 10 Favorite Books,” in T: The New York Times Style Magazine
“One of the truly great Russian novels of [the twentieth] century.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A soaring, dazzling novel; an extraordinary fusion of wildly disparate elements. It is a concerto played simultaneously on the organ, the bagpipes, and a pennywhistle, while someone sets off fireworks between the players’ feet.” —The New York Times
“Fine, funny, imaginative . . . The Master and Margarita stands squarely in the great Gogolesque tradition of satiric narrative.” —Newsweek