"مرشد" نویسنده بی‌نام است که سال‌ها روی رمان کار کرده اما نسخه را سوزاند پیش از آن که توسط ناشران رد شود - درست مثل بولگاکوف که با کار خودش انجام داده بود 
"The Master" is a nameless author who’s worked for years on a novel but burned the manuscript after it was rejected by publishers– just as Bulgakov had done with his own work. 