In the late 1930s Mikhail Bulgakov joined the Bolshoi Theatre as a consultant and librettist but he left shortly afterwards as he realized that none of his works would be produced there. Whilst Stalin’s favour did protect the writer from being arrested or executed, it did not extend to his works which continued to be censored and prohibited. Bulgakov wrote his last play, Batum, in 1939, a complimentary portrayal of Stalin’s early revolutionary days. Batum was banned before rehearsals had even commenced leading Bulgakov to once again plead to be permitted to leave the country. This request was rejected.
The final two years of his life, from 1937 to 1939, were extremely difficult for Bulgakov as he veered between optimism and severe depression whilst working on what he referred to as his “sunset” novel. When the manuscript was close to completion in June 1938, Bulgakov wrote to his wife: “'What's its future?' you ask? I don't know… My own judgement of the book is already made and I think it truly deserves being hidden away in the darkness of some chest..." Why not use your Bunches discount codes to buy the book in question?