Doctor Zhivago
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear on edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed with age, consistent with a mid-century edition. Markings: No visible markings noted. Binding: Appears intact and firm. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece Doctor Zhivago is a sweeping epic of love, war, and revolution set against the turbulent backdrop of early twentieth-century Russia. The novel chronicles the life of Yuri Zhivago, a poet and physician, as he is torn between two women and swept up in the chaos of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Russian Civil War. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, the English text masterfully preserves Pasternak's lyrical prose and the profound emotional depth of the original. At its heart, Doctor Zhivago is a meditation on individual freedom, artistic integrity, and the enduring power of love in the face of ideological tyranny. Suppressed in the Soviet Union for decades, it stands as one of the most courageous and celebrated works of twentieth-century literature.
Author: Boris Pasternak
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, Collins and Harvill Press
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear on edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed with age, consistent with a mid-century edition. Markings: No visible markings noted. Binding: Appears intact and firm. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece Doctor Zhivago is a sweeping epic of love, war, and revolution set against the turbulent backdrop of early twentieth-century Russia. The novel chronicles the life of Yuri Zhivago, a poet and physician, as he is torn between two women and swept up in the chaos of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Russian Civil War. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, the English text masterfully preserves Pasternak's lyrical prose and the profound emotional depth of the original. At its heart, Doctor Zhivago is a meditation on individual freedom, artistic integrity, and the enduring power of love in the face of ideological tyranny. Suppressed in the Soviet Union for decades, it stands as one of the most courageous and celebrated works of twentieth-century literature.