Artistic and documentary narrative by Valery Yesenkov about the life of M.A. Bulgakov is not a fictionalized biography of one of the most brilliant Russian writers of the 20th century, but a deep socio-psychological study of the dramatic fate of the Russian intelligentsia in a critical period of Russian history, going back to the eternal problems of art - about conscience and duty, the dignity and honesty of the artist. In the new novel by V. Yesenkov, his artistic concept was clearly manifested, according to which the personality and work of a great master represent an inextricable whole, his fate is the most important moment in the spiritual history of a generation. V.N. Yesenkov is the author of biographical novels and stories about A.S. Griboyedov, N.V. Gogole, I.A. Goncharov, F.M. Dostoevsky and others