Doctor Zhivago - Pasternak, Boris

Clean, tight, unmarked; rubbing to covers; age tanned; colours still bright on cover; very light edge wear; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; Originally published in Italy in 1957. This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath on a bourgeois family was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987. One of the results of its publication in the West was Pasternak's complete rejection by Soviet authorities; when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 he was compelled to decline it. The book quickly became an international best-seller. Very Good Mass Market Paperback Collins Fontana Books 1982 Canada 007131 0006121985 Classics Fiction Russian Revolution