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Black Snow
Paperback
Main Details
Title |
Black Snow
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov
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Translated by Roger Cockrell
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback | Pages:224 |
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Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781847493538
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Classifications | Dewey:891.7342 |
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Illustrations |
illustrations
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Alma Books Ltd
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Imprint |
Alma Classics
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Publication Date |
15 June 2014 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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 Unpublished in Bulgakov's own lifetime, Black Snow (also known as A Theatrical Novel) - here presented in a new translation - is peppered with darkly comic set pieces and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.
Author Biography
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.
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