The Master and Margarita
From the album “Book illustrations by Antonina Maksimuk”
Chapter 21. The Flight
“But what came next no longer interested Margarita. Taking aim so as not to snag a wire, she gripped the broom more tightly and in an instant was above the ill‑fated house. The lane tilted sideways beneath her and fell away. In its place spread a jumble of rooftops scored at angles by gleaming tracks. The whole mass suddenly began to slide off, the chains of lights smeared and fused…”