Review: Black Snow
Gebruikersrecensie - Al Bitŕ - GoodreadsThe apparent ease with which Bulgakov can skewer pretentiousness, both on a personal level as well as on a wider social perspective is found here in "Black Snow". The general target is the theatrical ... Volledige recensie lezen
Review: Black Snow
Gebruikersrecensie - Rich G. - GoodreadsBlack Snow is about the frustrations a writer experiences after being contracted by a theater company to write the play from a novel he had written. Mikhail Bulgakov has a striking ability to evoke ... Volledige recensie lezen
Review: Black Snow
Gebruikersrecensie - GoodreadsPerhaps because Bulgakov's Black Snow is so specifically focused in its satire on specific personages of the Moscow theater in the early twentieth century, it does not resonate as strongly today. Some ...
Review: Black Snow
Gebruikersrecensie - GoodreadsIt may be a classic, but I don't see why. First, it's unfinished, which raises the success barrier even further. Second it is full of apparently inside jokes none of which i saw, though the ...
Review: Black Snow
Gebruikersrecensie - GoodreadsEpic, fantastic!
Review: Black Snow
Gebruikersrecensie - Alex Sarll - GoodreadsIn which Bulgakov satirises his own experiences in trying to get produced the play which made his name. His avatar, Maxudov, is not a flattering self-portrait - but in being merely a weakling and a ... Volledige recensie lezen
Review: Black Snow
Gebruikersrecensie - Andras Miklosvari - GoodreadsA very well paced book delivers a hidden attack on censorship and a totalitarian state. One of the last books Bulgakov wrote, Black Snow explores the biggest problem of the Soviet society, the ... Volledige recensie lezen
Review: Black Snow
Gebruikersrecensie - Jason - GoodreadsBulgakov's unfinished rip on the Moscow theater scene, based on his own experiences trying to get his plays performed. He savages the luminaries of the Soviet stage, especially Stanislavsky, in his ... Volledige recensie lezen
Review: Black Snow
Gebruikersrecensie - Katinki - Goodreads4.99 stars brilliant and funny and just lovely. especially after having just suffered through that godawful kundera garbage. in a hurry. will come back to say more if i have a chance. if i forget ... Volledige recensie lezen