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"Manuscripts don't burn"


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Copyright: Kristina Iolob (kristina) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 22 W: 1 N: 20] (541)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-18
Categories: Experimental
Camera: Canon Power Shot A710is
Exposure: f/4, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-18 10:58
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"Manuscripts don't burn"
Mikhail Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"


Mikhail Bulgakov is a russian novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century and one of my favourite writers:)
His novel "The Master and Margarita" is about the premise of a visit by the Devil to the Soviet Union.
A memorable and much-quoted line inhis novel The Master and Margarita is: "manuscripts don't burn" . The Master is a writer who is plagued by both his own mental problems and the oppression of regime in 1930s Moscow. He burns his treasured manuscript in an effort to hide it from the Soviet authorities and cleanse his own mind from the troubles the work has brought him. Woland (Devil in novel) later gives the manuscript back to him saying, "Didn't you know that manuscripts don't burn?" There is an autobiographical element reflected in the Master's character here, as Bulgakov in fact burned an early copy of The Master and Margarita for much the same reasons.

If you don't read this book yet , you should read it! And read also "Heart of a Dog", "A Country Doctor's Notebook" (my favourite)) and "The Fatal Eggs" .
Hope You like it:)
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  • Dingo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2743 W: 369 N: 2624] (11948)
  • [2008-05-18 14:00]
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Unfortunately, Kristina... they do burn ;o).
Nice idea to illustrate that particular quote from the book. The cosy fire is well captured, the glow on the book terrific. The purple glow beneath looks a bit unnatural, but in a way creates a weird atmosphere here.
Nice PP work. TFS

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  • efialt (107)
  • [2008-05-19 7:11]
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очень интересно воспринимается, если подумать, что вместо углей лепестки цветов..)

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  • PAN (103)
  • [2008-05-20 5:05]
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"Мастер и Маргарита")))

Thank you very much for your kind comment. I have seen the heart of a Dog movie, and i was also advised to read this Master and Marguerita. I have to do it one day :)
Regards
Jorge

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