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I'm reading more slowly right now due to socializing and a lot of emotional distress. Still, slow and steady, right? The Master and Margarita was pretty damn good; certainly I enjoyed reading it. Any book that has the devil as a main character is going to be enjoyable, and the comic parts with Korovyov and Behemoth were zany and entertaining. My favorite part was realizing (thanks in part to the translator's notes) that a certain seemingly-innocuous chapter about people disappearing due to witchcraft was actually about people disappearing due to the Soviet secret police in the era Bulgakov is writing about. The feel of the chapter goes from comic to tragic pretty suddenly, at that point.
Finished Reading: Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
Date Finished: 9 May
Currently Reading: Gunter Grass, The Tin Drum
Date Started: 10 May
Finished Reading: Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
Date Finished: 9 May
Currently Reading: Gunter Grass, The Tin Drum
Date Started: 10 May