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020			_a9781847493538
040			_cTBS
041			_aeng
041			_hrus
050			_aPG3476.B78 _bT4313
100			_a Bulgakov, Mikhail _d1891-1940 _923131 _eauthor
240			_aTeatralʹnyĭ roman. _lEnglish.
245			_aBlack snow _b: a theatrical novel _c/ Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated by Roger Cockrell
260			_aSurrey, England : Alma Classics, 2014.
300			_axi, 239 pages : illustrations; 20 cm.
520			_aAfter 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. Unpublished in Bulgakov’s own lifetime, Black Snow is peppered with darkly comic set pieces and draws on its author’s own bitter experience as a playwright with the Moscow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.
650		0	_aTheater _zRussia _xFiction _923137
650		0	_aAuthors, Russian _xFiction _923138
650		0	_aRussia _xFiction _923139
700			_aCockrell, Roger _923132 _etranslator
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999			_c4011 _d4011
653			_aREADING IN ENGLISH
655			_aRussian literature
655			_aLiterary classics