A struggling Moscow writer, Maksudov, turns his unpublishable novel into a play and is drawn into the vain, backbiting, superstition-ridden world of the Independent Theatre, whose legendary director stages everything except the play as written.
Books mentioned in Black Snow (2)
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol: “"That's Gogol reading the second part of his Dead Souls to Aristarkh Platonovich." — genuine in-narrative vision/dream sequence.”
The Fruits of Enlightenment by Leo Tolstoy: “"But don't you like The Fruits of Enlightenment?" she asked timidly and anxiously. — genuine in-narrative dialogue.”