Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940), best known for his magic realist novel The Master and Margarita, despised the Soviet regime.

In Soviet Russia, where Marxist ideology, socialist-realist novels and dissident fiction were all deadly serious, Mikhail Bulgakov’s joyful fantasy “The Master and Margarita” captivated ...

New York The phrase “all hell broke loose” has a hackneyed ring by now, but it comes close to being a literal description of the crazy-quilt narrative of Mikhail Bulgakov ’s surrealist novel ...