Записки покойника (Театральный роман)

Kogda Bulgakov ushel iz jizni, neokonchenniem ostalos sochinenie, nad kotoriem on trudilsia poslednie neskolko let. Ego tekst pod nazvaniem «Teatralniei roman» biel vperviee napechatan v 1965 godu, po proshestvii dvadcati piati let so smerti pisatelia. Odnako na pervoi stranice rukopisi Bulgakova bielo i drugoe nazvanie etogo proizvedeniia — «Zapiski pokoinika». Tem ne menee, izdateli, zanimavshiesia publikaciei romana, viebrali perviei variant. Utverjdat, kakoi iz nih predpochel bie sam Bulgakov, zatrudnitelno, odnako zaglavie «Zapiski pokoinika» bielo podcherknuto avtorom dvoinoi liniei i chashe vstrechalos v zapisiah ego tretei jenie Elenie Bulgakovoi. Schitaetsia, chto v osnovu sujeta romana leg konflikt Bulgakova s rukovodstvom MHATa: ego pesie, vvidu cenzurnieh soobrajenii togo vremeni, ne dopuskalis do scenie, chto povleklo za soboi razriev dramaturga s teatrom. Povestvovanie v romane vedetsia ot lica nekoego znakomogo avtora, Sergeia Maksudova, poslednei volei kotorogo bielo izdanie ego zapisok o teatralnom zakulise. Anturaj teatralnogo mira i atmosferu literaturnieh poiskov peredaut vierazitelniee i detalniee illustracii talantlivogo hudojnika Maksima Popovskogo.

When Bulgakov passed away, the work he had been working on for the last few years remained unfinished. His text, entitled "Theatrical Novel", was first published in 1965, twenty-five years after the writer's death. However, on the first page of Bulgakov's manuscript there was another name for this work — "Notes of the deceased". Nevertheless, the publishers involved in publishing the novel chose the first option. It is difficult to say which one Bulgakov himself would prefer, but the title "Notes of the Deceased" was underlined by the author with a double line and was more often found in the notes of his third wife Elena Bulgakova. It is believed that the plot of the novel was based on Bulgakov's conflict with the leadership of the Moscow Art Theater: his plays, due to censorship considerations of that time, were not allowed to the stage, which led to the playwright's break with the theater. The narrative in the novel is conducted on behalf of a certain familiar author, Sergei Maksudov, whose last will was the publication of his notes on the theatrical backstage. The entourage of the theatrical world and the atmosphere of literary searches are conveyed by expressive and detailed illustrations by the talented artist Maxim Popovsky.