Bulgakov, Mikhail  1891-1940 <br/><br/>
Black snow  : a theatrical novel  
/ Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated by Roger Cockrell 
 - Surrey, England : Alma Classics, 2014. 
 - xi, 239 pages : illustrations; 20 cm. 
<br/><br/> After being saved from a suicide attempt by the appearance of 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 tyrannical director Ivan Vasilyevich – mayhem gradually gives way to absurdity.<br/><br/>Unpublished in Bulgakov’s own lifetime, Black Snow is peppered with darkly comic set pieces and draws on its author’s own bitter experience as a playwright with the Moscow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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781847493538 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Theater--Fiction--Russia<br/>Authors, Russian--Fiction<br/>Russia--Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>READING IN ENGLISH 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Russian literature<br/>Literary classics
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PG3476.B78  / T4313