The Diary of Master and Margarita

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov – a talented writer and playwright of the 20th century. His works are filled with mystifications; his caustic, satirical language fully conveys the writer's attitude towards power. It is not surprising that during a search in 1926,... notebooks with diary entries bearing the eloquent title “Under the Heel” were confiscated from his apartment. Elena Sergeyevna Bulgakova, the writer's third wife, the prototype of Margarita in the famous novel, became the chronicler of her husband's life and work. From 1933 until the Master’s death, at his insistence and often under his dictation, she recorded notes about their everyday life, work, and the tragic fate of Bulgakov. On the pages of this book, the reader will find fragments of the Bulgakovs' diaries and letters, discovering new chapters in the biography of the great writer.