WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY TERRY GILLIAMWhen Maxudov's bid to take his own life fails,he dramatises the novel whose failure provoked the suicide attempt. To the resentment of literary Moscow,his play is accepted by the legendary Independent Theatre and Maxudov plunges into a vortex of inflated egos. With each rehearsal more sparks fly and the chances of the play being ready to perform recede. Black Snow is the ultimate back-stage novel and a brilliant satire by the author of The Master and Margarita on his ten-year love-hate relationship with Stanislavsky,Method-acting and the Moscow Arts Theatre.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099479321Number of pages: 192Weight: 138 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 12 mm
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A masterpiece of black comedyThe novel moves with mad exuberanceBulgakov,the first magical realist-is regarded as the Soviet writer who made the strongest impact on twentieth-century Western fictionA writer of fantastic genius
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