{"product_id":"9780307377692","title":"Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich - Doctor Zhivago","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich. Themes include Soviet Union, History, Revolution, 1917-1921, Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoris Pasternak's widely acclaimed novel comes gloriously to life in a magnificent new translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the award-winning translators of \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina,\u003c\/i\u003e and to whom, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e declared, \"the English-speaking world is indebted.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First published in Italy in 1957 amid international controversy--the novel was banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, and Pasternak declined the Nobel Prize a year later under intense pressure from Soviet authorities--\u003ci\u003eDoctor Zhivago\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the life and loves of a poet-physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Zhivago's love for the tender and beautiful Lara: pursued, found, and lost again, Lara is the very embodiment of the pain and chaos of those cataclysmic times.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Stunningly rendered in the spirit of Pasternak's original--resurrecting his style, rhythms, voicings, and tone--and including an introduction, textual annotations, and a translators' note, this edition of \u003ci\u003eDoctor Zhivago\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to become the definitive English translation of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59025432215926,"sku":null,"price":3.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780307377692.jpg?v=1792231485","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780307377692","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}