Reading with Julia: The Master and Margarita

I finally finished The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov today.

Man!

Who needs to travel or go on vacation when you can just read this book? in fact, it's better than traveling!

I had  been wanting to read it for quite some time, years to be honest.. and then, when I read "Mick & Keith: Parallel lines" by Chris Salewicz (also a brilliant and fascinating book BTW), I wanted to read it some more because, while it's commonly known that Sympathy for the devil (needs no explanation right..) is directly inspired by the novel, Salewicz could tell me a lot about how The Master and Margarita has had quite an impact on the 70s London (read: the the world's navel at the time).
That it was super-influential to the music/art-scene and that it was considered an almost bible by individuals within the same environment  that went on to start occult groups or sect's or whatever you wanna call it anyway, people, artists and musicians who decided to start worship Satan.
Some moved to Mediterranean islands to do so in peace, and some went on to join Charles Manson on his evil quests.
This gets very exiting right!

All of this has of course furthermore strengthened the myth's around this book, and made it a cult-classic.
Not to forget folks, this is not just pulp fiction we're talking about here, it's really a classic, by many considered one of the most influential books of the 21st century..


But Most importantly, this is really really really. Really. Good reading. And it's hilarious!
The story takes you to Moscow under Stalin, further back to Jerusalem in, or rather shortly after, the time of Jesus Christ, and then back again.
Actually I'm just gonna stop there, in case some decides they wanna read it, and not go on to be telling you about talking cats and.. yeah, I'm gonna leave it there.

While I'm not really sure why it's taken me such a long time to finish the book, it's not like it's very hard reading or anything, I'm kinda glad it's been with me for almost half a year because having just gotten through it I already miss it.
And while I could've easily read it again right now, I'm afraid I've already passed it on to a friend.

Can one be in love with a novel?

Maybe I'm just under it's spell.. Evil forces may soon manifest themselves in central Oslo...

Xoxo,

-Juzifer...