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I find it baffling people call this a poor copy of Master and Margarita. Clearly, it's its own thing. The only similarity being a storyline involving a mythical creature residing on Earth.

Dual narrative, let's gooo.

Looks like the first narrative is regular everyday stuff, and the second is grotesque tale with mythological forces at play. Absurd as well.

Strugatsky are spicing up the language, huh.