Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Temperance, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
1959 printing. States "551st-575th Thousand February 1959." (First published in September 1958). Hardbound; No dust cover. Boards are red cloth with a black area at the top of the spine on which the title and author are written in gilt. Author's name also written on the front in gilt, none of which has faded. Boards are in very good condition, showing mild wear at the spines and at the ends. Small amount of fraying at the bottom of the spine. There is a small dent in the bottom board, and a small indentation on the top, front board (hardly noticable). Some shelf dirt and spotting on the outside pages. Inside pages are clean, not torn and the corners are not bent. No signs of previous ownership. Nonsmoking.
Synopsis
Doctor Zhivago is a 20th century novel by Boris Pasternak, first published in 1957 in Italy by Feltrinelli after being refused publication in the USSR. A French translation was published by Éditions Gallimard in June 1958, and the English translation published in September 1958 by Collins & Harvill, London, and Pantheon in the US. The novel takes its name from the protagonist, Yuri Zhivago, a medical doctor, and poet. It tells the story of a man torn between two women, set primarily against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. More deeply, the novel discusses the plight of a man as the life that he has always known is dramatically torn apart by forces beyond his control. The plot is long and intricate, with the book being well over 500 pages and including many characters that are referenced using various names.
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- Bookseller
- Harvey and Associates (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 346
- Title
- Doctor Zhivago
- Author
- Boris Pasternak
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 559
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Russian Literature;
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