Doctor Zhivago
by Pasternak, Boris (Trans. by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0307377695
- ISBN 13
- 9780307377692
- Seller
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Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of its original publication, here is a new translation of the classic story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.
Overall a fine copy.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Lansdowne Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 286
- Title
- Doctor Zhivago
- Author
- Pasternak, Boris (Trans. by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0307377695
- ISBN 13
- 9780307377692
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- xxii, 513 pp
- Size
- 16 x 23 cm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Classic; collectible;
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