Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak

Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak Publisher : Everyman’s Library ISBN: 9781857150414 In the grand tradition of the Russian epic novel, Pasternak’s masterpiece recounts the life of Yuri Zhivago—his loves, his poetry, and the women who shape his destiny—set against the sweeping and turbulent backdrop of the Russian Revolution.

Caught up in the vast forces of politics and war that ultimately shatter countless lives, Zhivago nevertheless clings to the intimate world of family, love, and personal freedom, most deeply embodied in his relationship with the luminous Lara. Through this tension between public upheaval and private emotion, the novel explores the resilience of the human spirit amid chaos and loss.

First published in Italy in 1957, Doctor Zhivago was banned in Russia and did not appear there until 1987, twenty-seven years after Pasternak’s death.