Doctor Zhivago: Introdcution by John Bayley

by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak

Max Hayward (Translator), John Bayley (Introduction), and Manya Harari (Translator)

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In the grand tradition of the epic novel, Boris Pasternak’s masterpiece brings to life the drama and immensity of the Russian Revolution through the story of the gifted physician-poet, Zhivago; the revolutionary, Strelnikov; and Lara, the passionate woman they both love. Caught up in the great events of politics and war that eventually destroy him and millions of others, Zhivago clings to the private world of family life and love, embodied especially in the magical Lara.

 

First published in Italy in 1957, Doctor Zhivago was not allowed to appear in the Soviet Union until 1987, twenty-seven years after the author’s death.

 

Translated by Manya Harari and Max Hayward

  • ISBN10 0679407596
  • ISBN13 9780679407591
  • Publish Date 26 November 1991 (first published 1 January 1958)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Everyman's Library USA