I just bought The Master and Margarita based off many recommendations, one coming from my Russian professor. I'm not sure if there is still a Hubski Book Club, but I want to read this pretty badly, and I think others would enjoy it too. If anyone has read it already I'd love to discuss it with you once I've finished it. Let me know! http://www.amazon.com/The-Master-Margarita-Mikhail-Bulgakov/dp/0679760806
Amazon exceeded expectations and I received my order today. To make free shipping I threw in some things from my wish list. Now it appears I neglected to include the very title I intended to buy, like a dope. So I thought I would pick up a Kindle copy for two or three bucks, but it is not available because "there is an issue with its description, content, or formatting." Too bad, because legitimate Kindle books enable sharing of notes and highlights which would be handy for a group reading. Hunting around for a free electronic copy, I happened upon masterandmargarita.eu, a (possibly NSFW) stupendously devoted fan site for the novel, probably crammed with spoilers, with links to social media accounts, a mobile app for the novel, and extensive background information and notes, including a map of locations. I will hold off exploring until I start the book, but it looks like a good resource.
Oh cool a map would help out a lot, that's a good find. As a side note, The Stand is a fantastic book, good choice! At the moment I started the book and am almost finished with the second chapter (like 25-30 pages). I'll stop here and wait for everyone to get it and read up to the same point , but right now its great a really unique plot.
Wow, okay! That sounds cool, i'm glad you're interested and I'll keep you informed
I loved every scene with any of the members of the retinue, their chemistry was great, and digging into who Bulgakov used as inspiration for each character yields tons of interesting connections to the book. Behemoth was definitely the funniest of the bunch, he had some great lines.
I finished Part 1. I decided that there is no book for which you cannot find people to say it is their favorite book. flagamuffin was pretty far along and may have been carried through by inertia.
I love that book! I wrote a paper about it one time: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y7v8cpr0p18u2wy/Bulgakov.docx?dl=0 I'd love to discuss it when you/other people finish.