Black Snow

Interesting Facts

• The book is a satirical work where Bulgakov mocks the theatrical environment and bureaucracy.
• The main character, Sergei Leontievich Maksimov, is a writer trying to stage his play in the theater.
• The work is written in the form of the main character's diary, giving it a special intimacy and immediacy.
• Bulgakov drew on his personal impressions and theater experience to create realistic and vivid characters.
• The novel was written in 1936-1937 but published only after the author's death, in 1965.
• The work contains many autobiographical elements reflecting the challenges Bulgakov faced in his literary and theatrical career.
• One of the central characters is the theater director Ivan Vasilyevich, who shares many traits with real theatrical figures of the time.