Black Snow - Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov

Black Snow

By: Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov, Roger Cockrell (Transcribed by)

Paperback | 1 August 2014 | Edition Number 1

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"Bulgakov was not merely a brilliant observer of what was going on around him, but had an uncanny ability to pick out the particular manifestations of folly and discord which would set the tone of the era to follow." The Guardian

After being saved from a suicide attempt by a literary editor, the journalist and failed novelist Sergei Maxudov has a book suddenly accepted for stage adaptation at a prestigious venue and finds himself propelled into Moscow's theatrical world. In a cut-throat environment tainted by Soviet politics, censorship and egomania - epitomized by the arrogant and incompetent director Ivan Vasilyevich - absurdity gradually gives way to tragedy.

Unpublished in Bulgakov's own lifetime, Black Snow (also known as A Theatrical Novel) - here presented in a new translation - is peppered with darkly comic set pieces and draws on its author's own bitter experience as a playwright with the Moscow Arts Theatre, showcasing his inimitable gift for shrewd observation and razor-sharp satire.

About the Author

A trained doctor, Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) became one of his era's most brilliant and daring writers. His career was plagued by Soviet censorship, and his masterpiece The Master and Margarita was never published in his lifetime.
Industry Reviews
Cockrell's light touch often lifts the text on to a playful plane. * Russia Beyond the Headlines *
High quality, attractively produced and moderately priced. * East-West Review *

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