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Doctor Zhivago

By Boris Pasternak
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Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak is a sweeping novel set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. The story follows Yuri Zhivago, a talented doctor and poet, as he navigates the complex interplay of love, politics, and personal fate in tumultuous times. His relationships and experiences reflect the profound social upheaval of early 20th-century Russia.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate sweeping historical narratives intertwined with deep personal stories. Set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, it follows the life of a physician and poet whose experiences and romances illuminate the complexities of human emotions amidst political turmoil. This novel could appeal to you if you value intricate character development and evocative prose exploring themes of love, loss, and resilience.

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Doctor Zhivago

Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Yuri Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds, and in love with the tender and beautiful nurse Lara.

A new translation of one of the greatest love stories ever told, in a beautiful gift edition.

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A new translation of one of the greatest love stories ever told, in a beautiful gift edition.

From the acclaimed translators of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, a stunning new translation of Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece, the first since the 1958 original.

Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a poet-physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Yuri Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds, and in love with the tender and beautiful nurse Lara.

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have restored the rhythms, tone, precision, and poetry of Pasternak's original, bringing this classic of world literature gloriously to life for a new generation of readers.

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Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak is acclaimed as a groundbreaking work, with V.S. Pritchett describing it as a Russian literary masterpiece post-Revolution. Its translation has been praised for its excellence, notably by the New York Review of Books. Edmund Wilson considers it a crucial literary and moral milestone, while Frank Kermode from the Spectator suggests it sets the standard for other novels. Isaiah Berlin in the Sunday Times highlights its profound and vivid portrayal of love.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099541240

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 379g

Pages: 544

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About the Author

Boris Pasternak was born in Moscow in 1890 and after briefly training as a composer resolved to be a writer. He published a large number of collections of poetry, written under the burden of Soviet Russia's stringent censorship, before publishing his most famous work, Dr Zhivago, in 1958. This novel won him the Nobel Prize for Literature but the USSR's hostility to the West meant he was forced to turn it down. He died in 1960.

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