It was enjoyable but this has to be the most sentimental and

>>9969175
I haven't read the book but I can tell from your criticisms you don't understand it.

>>9969175
Did you mean Berlioz the composer?

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>>9969180
>I haven't read this piece of massive Pontius Pilate and Faust fixit fanwank
I can't believe that /lit/ loves this feelgood shit. It is feelgood but is incredibly derivative even when considered by fanfic standards.

Can you explain more?

I liked it a lot (it was recommended to me by my Russian teacher) but haven't read Faust yet...

>>9969229
Woland (Satan) is quite benevolent compared to his incarnation in Faust, aside from the practical jokes which largely do not inflict harm (unless said harm is karmic) upon the victims.

>>9969268
(cont)
The book was incredibly and unexpectedily uplifting, as well as optimisitic, with the exception of the Soviet interludes. This facet of the book was welcome but very different from the sort of book that I was expecting.

>>9969175
Aside from the endless beautifully intricate and subtle symbolism in the four Pilate Chapters, what did you think of his version of Jesus?

>>9969372
It has been many years since I read the bible but Jesus was less frightened/desperate in the original and more divine compared to this version. He seemed much more human.

>>9969175
You're missing the point completely.

The Devil is not the modern satanitical entitiy. He is ortodox version of a man (unwillingly) working for God who's task is punishing sinners. He's task is working chaos on Russians, and the timing of his coming is telling a lot. From the moon phases at the end we learn it's Easter, the greatest christian feast, and nobody is paying attention, so he's given a free reign.

>>9969197
>he thinks the novel is popular only on /lit/