Black Snow: A Theatrical Novel
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A darkly comic masterpiece of Soviet literature, Black Snow is an unfinished satirical novel written by Mikhail Bulgakov in the 1930s, left incomplete at the time of his death in 1940. The novel chronicles the misadventures of Maxudov, a writer who attempts to adapt his story into a stage play, only to find himself entangled in the absurd, politically charged bureaucracy of a Moscow theatre modelled unmistakably on the famous Moscow Art Theatre. Drawing heavily on Bulgakov's own bitter experiences working under the legendary Konstantin Stanislavski, the narrative skewers theatrical vanity, Soviet censorship, and institutional hypocrisy with razor-sharp wit. Written with the same biting irreverence found in The Master and Margarita, it stands as a uniquely insider portrait of artistic life under totalitarian pressure, where ambition and idealism collide with comedy and despair.
Author: Mikhail Bulgakov
Format: Paperback
Published: 1971, Penguin Books
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A darkly comic masterpiece of Soviet literature, Black Snow is an unfinished satirical novel written by Mikhail Bulgakov in the 1930s, left incomplete at the time of his death in 1940. The novel chronicles the misadventures of Maxudov, a writer who attempts to adapt his story into a stage play, only to find himself entangled in the absurd, politically charged bureaucracy of a Moscow theatre modelled unmistakably on the famous Moscow Art Theatre. Drawing heavily on Bulgakov's own bitter experiences working under the legendary Konstantin Stanislavski, the narrative skewers theatrical vanity, Soviet censorship, and institutional hypocrisy with razor-sharp wit. Written with the same biting irreverence found in The Master and Margarita, it stands as a uniquely insider portrait of artistic life under totalitarian pressure, where ambition and idealism collide with comedy and despair.