{"product_id":"9780948230455","title":"Black Snow","description":"A masterpiece of black comedy by the author of\u003ci\u003e The Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003cp\u003e  When 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.\u003ci\u003e Black Snow\u003c\/i\u003e     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.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  After a lifetime spent struggling against censorship, not least in the theater, Bulgakov died in 1940,     not long after completing his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e. None of his major fiction was     published during his lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Absolute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023652274416,"sku":"9780948230455","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780948230455_p0.jpg?v=1763880109","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780948230455","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}