Book · 2004 · Drama
The Master and Margarita
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The Master and Margarita do you know that book oh you need to know the Master and Margarita it's it's it's an absolute staggering Masterpiece of Russian literature it's a story written in the 1930s by B man named bulgakov Satan comes to Earth in the Soviet Union and he can do whatever he wants because no one believes he.
Jordan Peterson · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Dec 2024 Listen at 1:33:10 What they say about it
- Powerful Russian masterpiece“an absolute staggering masterpiece”4
- Authored by Mikhail Bulgakov“written by Mikhail Bulgakov”4
The best things said about it
Anyway, was written by Mikail Bulgakov, who is arguably the greatest Russian language writer of the 20th century in my biased opinion.
Max Levchin The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2026 Um the master in margarita that's a deadly book i've read that i think four times and i still there's still it's unbelievably deep.
Jordan Peterson Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 2022 It's bulgakov's master and margarita that's probably you know well not for russian maybe it's not super original but it's you know it's it's a really powerful book for for even in english so i write it in english so it is incredibly powerful.
The master and margarita it's uh one of actually my favorite uh books um it is you know by a russian it's a novel by russian author mikhail bulgakov.
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Why people recommend it
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is an absolute masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian literature that weaves together parallel narratives featuring the devil visiting the Soviet Union alongside a philosophical story about Pontius Pilate. Max Levchin praised the novel on The Tim Ferriss Show, highlighting the author as arguably the greatest twentieth-century Russian-language writer. Jordan Peterson frequently champions the book, noting on the Lex Fridman Podcast that he has read the unbelievably deep novel four times, and later recommending it to Dallas Jenkins on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast as an example of masterfully crafted storytelling involving religious themes and the nature of evil. Dmitry Korkin also credited the novel on the Lex Fridman Podcast as a deeply powerful and impactful work from his earlier life that brought him joy and featured unforgettable themes of magic and intertwined lives. The book has likewise sparked discussions among other prominent figures, such as Tim Ferriss on his podcast, Bono on The Joe Rogan Experience who discussed how the devil appears in Moscow to illustrate the insidious nature of evil, and John Williams on The Book Review, who compared its structural cohesion favorably against other classic satirical novels.
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Dmitry Korkin it's bulgakov's master and margarita that's probably you know well not for russian maybe it's not super ori… 2
“it's bulgakov's master and margarita that's probably you know well not for russian maybe it's not super original but it's you know it's it's a really powerful book for for even in english so i write it in english so it is incredibly powerful”
“it's bulgakov's master and margarita so that's probably you know well not for russian maybe it's not super original but it's you know it's it's a really powerful book for uh even in english so i write it in english so it is incredibly powerful and i mean it's the the way it ends right so it's it's i i”
Jordan Peterson um the master in margarita that's a deadly book i've read that i think four times and i still there's still… 2
“The Master and Margarita do you know that book oh you need to know the Master and Margarita it's it's it's an absolute staggering Masterpiece of Russian literature it's a story written in the 1930s by B man named bulgakov Satan comes to Earth in the Soviet Union and he can do whatever he wants because no one believes he”
“um the master in margarita that's a deadly book i've read that i think four times and i still there's still it's unbelievably deep”
Max Levchin Anyway, was written by Mikail Bulgakov, who is arguably the greatest Russian language writer of the 20th ce… 1
“Anyway, was written by Mikail Bulgakov, who is arguably the greatest Russian language writer of the 20th century in my biased opinion.”
Dmitri Dolgov the master and margarita it's uh one of actually my favorite uh books um it is you know by a russian it's a… 1
“the master and margarita it's uh one of actually my favorite uh books um it is you know by a russian it's a novel by russian author mikhail bulgakov”
John Williams I feel like around the same time I read the Master and Margarita by bulgakov which I think holds together b… 1
“I feel like around the same time I read the Master and Margarita by bulgakov which I think holds together better you know as a as a whole”
Tim Ferriss I'm very embarrassed to say this is the Master and Margarita. 1
“I'm very embarrassed to say this is the Master and Margarita.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker2
“this great um there's a great book by by Bulgakov called The Master in the Margarita. Have you heard about this?”
“these was Master and Margarita by Mikel bulgakov”
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Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“my wife Natasha a Jew from the Soviet Union this and Master and Margarita are her two favorite novels”
“My wife, Natasha, a Jew from the Soviet Union, this and Master and Margarita are her two favorite novels.”