Recommendations

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 9351

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Parker Brown Nesbit" 
<pbnesbit at m...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Mike Schubert" <mschub at y...> 
wrote:
> > Just wondering if anyone had any interesting recommendations. I'm 
> > pretty well-read in children's lit, but I'm always on the lookout 
> for 
> > new stuff. Overall, I've never really been into the fantasy/sci-
fi 
> > thing, but I'm open to suggestions. If anyone has any favorite 
> > series, please, let me know.
> > -Mike

Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita (1928-1940) should appeal 
to anyone who likes HP. Bulgakov wrote during the Stalinist era, and 
the novel - his masterpiece - was never published during his 
lifetime.  It deals with the appearence of the devil Wotan and his 
entourage in the 1930s Moscow, the heroine's efforts to save her 
beloved (The Master, who is a great author) from a psychiatric 
institution (which culminates in her becoming a witch), all 
interspersed with chapters from's the Master's magnum opus, a 
narrative of the trial and crucifixion of Christ from the POV of 
Pontius Pilate.  The story is by turns, hilarious, thought-provoking, 
chilling, and finally uplifting.

Kevin Moss does for Master and Margarita what Steve Vander Ark does 
for Harry Potter at:
 
http://cweb.middlebury.edu/bulgakov/

   - CMC