Black Snow: A Theatrical NovelWhen Maxudov's novel, fails, he attempts suicide. When that fails, he dramatizes his novel. To Maxudov's surprise -- and the resentment of literary Moscow -- the play is accepted by the legendary Independent Theater, and Maxudov plunges into a vortex of inflated egos. Each rehearsal, sees more and more sparks flying higher and higher ... and less and less chance of poor Maxudov's play ever being performed. Black Snow is the ultimate backstage novel, and a brilliant satire on Mikhail. Bulgakov's ten-year love-hate relationship with Stanislavsky, Method acting, and the Moscow Arts Theater. After a lifetime spent struggling against censorship, not least in the theater, Bulgakov died in 1940, not long after completing his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita. None of his major fiction was published during his lifetime. |
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Something peculiar was happening in my head - 1 had stopped being able to
appreciate serious literature, or had never been able to. Putting Lesosekov aside
I started on Fialkov, then on Likospastov. Here I stumbled on a real surprise; as I
...
I asked in astonishment, staring at the cruel features of a man whose curly head
was crowned with laurels. The man was in a toga and held a five-stringed lyre. '
The Emperor Nero,' said Bombardov and again the sparkle flashed in his eyes ...
As though spellbound, I followed him; hitting my head against the wall at the turn
of the staircase I emerged into the yard. Outside the office door stood a lorry,
swathed in red bunting and on the lorry, gazing up into the autumn sky with
closed ...
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Gebruikersrecensie - nosajeel - LibraryThingIt is not only a reflection on me that I managed to read 30 or 40 pages of this book before realizing that I had read it before, more than fifteen years ago, translated under the title Black Snow. It is inconceivable that something similar could happen with even the first two paragraphs Volledige review lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - HadriantheBlind - LibraryThingBulgakov knows how to write a fine novel - this one all about the hilariously bizarre and frustrating world of stage plays. It ends very abruptly, but the author was about to die. A shame, but it can be more than excused. A wonderfully funny book. Volledige review lezen
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The Apocalyptic Vision of Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita Edward E. Ericson Fragmentweergave - 1991 |
The Apocalyptic Vision of Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita Edward E. Ericson Fragmentweergave - 1991 |