Lara : the untold love story that inspired Doctor Zhivago
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Status
Avon Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
921 PAS
1 available
921 PAS
1 available
Clifton Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
947 Pas
1 available
947 Pas
1 available
Dansville Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
947 PAS
1 available
947 PAS
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Avon Free Library - Adult Nonfiction | 921 PAS | Available |
Clifton Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction | 947 Pas | Available |
Dansville Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 947 PAS | Available |
Palmyra Community Library - Adult Biography | 92 PASTERNAK | Available |
Walworth-Seely Public Library - Adult Biography | BIO Pasternak | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Biographies.
Biography.
Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
Ivinskai︠a︡, Olʹga, -- 1912-1995.
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, -- 1890-1960.
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, -- 1890-1960. -- Doktor Zhivago.
Prohibited books -- Soviet Union -- History.
Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Biographies.
Biography.
Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
Ivinskai︠a︡, Olʹga, -- 1912-1995.
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, -- 1890-1960.
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, -- 1890-1960. -- Doktor Zhivago.
Prohibited books -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxvi, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), photographs (some color), map, genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-290) and index.
Description
When Stalin came into power in 1924, the Communist government began persecuting dissident writers. Though Stalin spared the life of Boris Pasternak—whose novel-in-progress, Doctor Zhivago, was suspected of being anti-Soviet—he persecuted Boris’s mistress, typist, and literary muse, Olga Ivinskaya. Boris’s affair with Olga devastated the straitlaced Pasternaks, and they were keen to disavow Olga’s role in Boris’s writing process. Twice Olga was sentenced to work in Siberian labor camps, where she was interrogated about the book Boris was writing, but she refused to betray the man she loved. When Olga was released from the gulags, she assumed that Boris would leave his wife for her but, trapped by his family’s expectations and his own weak will, he never did. Drawing on previously neglected family sources and original interviews, Anna Pasternak explores this hidden act of moral compromise by her great-uncle, and restores to history the passionate affair that inspired and animated Doctor Zhivago. Devastated that Olga suffered on his behalf and frustrated that he could not match her loyalty to him, Boris instead channeled his thwarted passion for Olga into the love story in Doctor Zhivago. Filled with the rich detail of Boris’s secret life, Lara unearths a moving love story of courage, loyalty, suffering, drama, and loss, and casts a new light on the legacy of Doctor Zhivago.
Target Audience
Adult.,Brodart.
Target Audience
Adult.,Brodart.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pasternak, A. (2017). Lara: the untold love story that inspired Doctor Zhivago (First U.S. edition.). Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pasternak, Anna. 2017. Lara: The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pasternak, Anna. Lara: The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pasternak, Anna. Lara: The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago First U.S. edition., Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
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