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Welp, this was shit.
I cant believe i fall for another of your recommendations, /lit/.

Worst two bucks ever wasted.

>> No.6355188

you only posted this thread because of the cover
admit it
admit it right fucking now

>> No.6355192

>>6355185
Oh yeah well I think you have a bad opinion what now fuckboy

>> No.6355206

>>6355185
what is this book about.
is this cover real.

>> No.6355226

>>6355206
yes

>> No.6355803

>>6355185
Which translation do Wordsworth Classics use? I got P+V and massively regretted it- I could tell there was a great book buried somewhere under that translation.

>> No.6355806

>>6355803
>translation

>> No.6355810
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>>6355803
Michael Karpelson.
Supposedly the best translation is this:
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6355853

This is a terrible thread and you should be ashamed of yourself.

>> No.6355880

>>6355206
Yea, this is Behemoth, one of the servants of Woland aka Satan. He is pretty badass.

>> No.6355887

>>6355185
I wish I could have warned you, OP. Russia (the Soviet Union) produced a lot of that horrendous political literature in the 20th century (for obvious reasons). Literature with a political agenda should be avoided, unless it's non-fiction.

>> No.6355898

>>6355887
2/10 weak b8

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6356051

I'm probably the only one who enjoyed it a lot until halfway when all the surreal pointless witch shit started to happen

trust me OP, pic related is better

>> No.6356182

Bulgakov is a fucking god, you bourgeois plebs. That novel is epic: hilarious, profound, and a satisfying twist and ending to Goethe's Faust.

>> No.6356206

Should the last paragraph and the epilogue afterwards be considered canon, or not?

>> No.6356696

>>6355803
Look at the article titled 'The Pevearsion of Russian Literature'. It's interesting.

>> No.6356764

i only liked the second half

>> No.6356769

>>6355810
i wonder if there's posters without the text and just of cute baby cat
not wondering enough 2 google b4 posting though

>> No.6356774

>>6356696
>this dude fawns over the "magnificent" constance garnett, calls P&V shit
>that other article that was circulating around here absolutely skewered garnett

i dont know WHAT to believe

>> No.6356803

Great book, but Heart of a Dog is better.

>> No.6356808

>>6356774
For some context, this time last year the only acceptable translator on this board was P&V and anyone else was unacceptable and pleb tier.

>> No.6356987

>>6356808
Hmmm... I haven't seen anyone specifically recommending their version of Master and Margarita. It really is tough to read, especially the dialogue- it just feels completely unnatural, like a first draft by a Russian student of English or something. Atlhough there are also some very nice descriptive passages as well.

>> No.6357622

So wich is the best translation?