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Ivan

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« on: March 11, 2004, 09:38:09 PM »
In one of the classes I'm taking next quarter we'll be reading Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita.  I was wondering if anyone here has read anything by Bulgakov so I could get a feel of what I'm in for.
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« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2004, 07:22:51 AM »
This is a scary coincidence: I just got The Master and Margarita like 2 days ago from my English teacher. I'm only on like page 4, but I already love it. Be prepared for some psycological humor in the first few pages, but other than that, I'm just as curious as you are.
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2004, 10:44:03 PM »
We're also reading The Heart Of a Dog.

Back to the first point:
I hate how they translate Margarite's name into Margarita... I know that is how it is pronounced in Russian but still.... the name is Margarite!  Margarita makes it sound like a Latin American story, which I'm guessing it is not!
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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2004, 12:41:43 AM »
I will read that one after I finish Anna Karenina. I hope you are reading the Pevear/Volokhnonsky translation, who I now love. Their translation of the Adolescent was great.

Constance Garnett is now a second in my opinion (although she it great too).
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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2004, 11:26:52 AM »
Unfortunately the translation I have of The Master and Margarita is by Michael Glenny  Sad

Have you ever read anything that he translated before?
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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2004, 11:30:49 AM »
My copy's translated by Mirra Ginsburg.
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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2004, 06:10:03 AM »
hi. i am writing an essay comparing the house of spirits and the master and margarita, and i was wondering if you knew where a could find a good quote site for the M&M. I live in iceland, and i cant find the book now after a returned it to the library  Embarrassed
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« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2004, 06:11:37 AM »
hi. i am writing an essay comparing the house of spirits and the master and margarita, and i was wondering if you knew where a could find a good quote site for the M&M. I live in iceland, and i cant find the book now after a returned it to the library   Huh
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« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2004, 08:34:49 AM »
Hey, do you know Dostojewski?  
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« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2004, 12:20:15 PM »
Google.com might have something.
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« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2004, 12:25:23 PM »
I merged this topic and Amy's other master and margarita quote topic because they are so very similar.
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« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2004, 05:44:35 PM »
Amy, will you join this board?

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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2004, 05:48:14 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2004, 12:33:11 AM »
I don't know if it is too late, but you can find Bulgakov in English and in Russian at:

http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/

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« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2004, 12:07:31 PM »
I see little English and MUCH Russian.
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