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This final issue of Christopher Barnes's famous biography of the Russian poet and prose writer Boris Pasternak covers the period from 1928 until his death, during which Dr. Zivago wrote…

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This final issue of Christopher Barnes's famous biography of the Russian poet and prose writer Boris Pasternak covers the period from 1928 until his death, during which Dr. Zivago wrote the famous and won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Based on archival material (including the Pasternak family archives), eyewitness accounts and a wealth of biographical and background information, Barnes highlights many aspects of Pasternak's character and private life, while illuminating his relations with the communist system and the literary establishment. There is a detailed discussion of the original writing of Pasternak (with abundant quotations in English translation) and his translations of Goethe, Shakespeare and others.

The story of Dr. Zivago's growth is tracked, and the personal and political effects of the publication of the controversial novel are explored.

The autobiography concludes with a discussion of the Pasternak Prize for the Nobel Prize, recent years and death, with a brief account of his legacy after his artistic death.



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