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Historical Fiction · MelancholicA poet-physician caught between love and the Russian Revolution
Doctor Zhivago
See it on Amazon1957Demanding readSlow pace
What it is about
Yuri Zhivago, a doctor and poet, lives through the First World War, the Revolution and the civil war, torn between his wife and his lover Lara. Pasternak’s 1957 novel was published abroad first and won him the Nobel Prize.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who enjoy stories set firmly in a real time and place, with a melancholic mood and an unhurried pace. It is a demanding read for patient readers.
Themes: Revolution · Love · Russia
Screen adaptation
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
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