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Doctor Zhivago is a novel by Boris Pasternak, published in 1958 by Pantheon Books in New York. The book tells the story of Yuri Zhivago, a physician and poet who is caught in the middle of the tumultuous events of the Russian Revolution. The novel explores themes of love, war, and the struggle for personal freedom in a time of political upheaval.
Considered a masterpiece of 20th-century literature, Doctor Zhivago was initially banned in the Soviet Union due to its critical portrayal of the Communist regime. The book became an international bestseller and won Pasternak the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958. The novel has since been adapted into several films and stage productions, cementing its place in the literary canon.
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Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak, published by Pantheon Books in New York, 559 pages. 1958, presumably in November.
This sensational work was first published by Pantheon in USA in July 1958, and went through 7 additional printings by end of the year. This is a late 1958 copy.
Red cloth hardcover, clean and tightly bound. In very good condition. Dustjacket present, but in poor condition (like virtually all surviving copies of this edition).
Collectible book.
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