Doctor Zhivago

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Russian Revolution romance, pursuing love amidst chaos.

If you're drawn to epic tales that weave personal drama with historic events, "Doctor Zhivago" could captivate you. It's not just a love story; it's about the resilience of the human spirit against the backdrop of political turmoil. Think of it as an intimate lens zooming into the tumultuous Russian Revolution, with the added allure of forbidden love. Boris Pasternak masterfully creates a tapestry that's as rich in historical context as it is in emotional depth.

  • Premio Bancarella (1958)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Doctor Zhivago

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ISBN: 9780679774389
Publisher: Pantheon
Date of Publication: 1997-03-18
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Historical Romance, War, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.01
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This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987. One of the results of its publication in the West was Pasternak's complete rejection by Soviet authorities; when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 he was compelled to decline it. The book quickly became an international best-seller. Dr. Yury Zhivago, Pasternak's alter ego, is a poet, philosopher, and physician whose life is disrupted by the war and by his love for Lara, the wife of a revolutionary. His artistic nature makes him vulnerable to the brutality and harshness of the Bolsheviks. The poems he writes constitute some of the most beautiful writing featured in the novel.
 

Russian Revolution romance, pursuing love amidst chaos.

If you're drawn to epic tales that weave personal drama with historic events, "Doctor Zhivago" could captivate you. It's not just a love story; it's about the resilience of the human spirit against the backdrop of political turmoil. Think of it as an intimate lens zooming into the tumultuous Russian Revolution, with the added allure of forbidden love. Boris Pasternak masterfully creates a tapestry that's as rich in historical context as it is in emotional depth.

  • Premio Bancarella (1958)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.