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Title: It's all in the translation
Review: I wanted to add my own review, not so much that I could add more than some of the very good reviews already written, but there is one that is misleading. It refers to Volokhonsky/Pevear's translation of The Master and Margarita. Just so you understand that This paperback is translated by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor.I'll accept the review on the other, as I haven't read it, but this version absolutely is amazing. When that reviewer said "preserve the easily flowing bubbling like champagne Bulgakov's speech", it struck me that that is precisely how this version came across. Bubbling like champagne. Hints of flavor and smell with each pop and fizz, it read easily, consumed with delight. The only way it could be better is if I spoke Russian and could read the original. ;)
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