First published in Italy in 1957 amid international controversy, Doctor Zhivago is the 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, Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Zhivago's love for the tender and beautiful Lara, the very embodiment of the pain and chaos of those cataclysmic times. Pevear and Volokhonsky masterfully restore the spirit of Pasternak's original--his style, rhythms, voicings, and tone--in this beautiful translation of a classic of world literature.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/04/2011
ISBN: 9780307390950
Pages: 675
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.30d
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 03/02/2012 pg. 75
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 8655 / Doctor Zhivago
Reading Level: 8.2 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 36