Doctor Zhivago (Vintage Classic Russians Series)

Author(s): Boris Pasternak

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FROM AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKYDoctor Zhivagois the epic novel of Russia in the throes of revolution and one of the greatest love stories ever told. Yuri Zhivago, physician and poet, wrestles with cruel experience of the new order and the changes it has wrought in him, and is torn between love for his wife and family, and the passionate, beautiful Lara.Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivagowas nonetheless published covertly in Russian by the CIA and translated into many languages. In 1958 Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.The Vintage Classic Russians Series- Published for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, these are must-have, beautifully designed editions of six epic masterpieces that have survived controversy, censorship and suppression to influence decades of thought and artistic expression.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781784871925
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : February 2017
  • : February 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Boris Pasternak
  • : Paperback
  • : 544