The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle over a Forbidden Book by Petra Couvée, Peter Finn

The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle over a Forbidden Book

Petra Couvée, Peter Finn

352 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced

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The story of a forbidden book that became a symbol of freedom and rebellion in the battle between East and West. 1956. Boris Pasternak presses a manuscript into the hands of an Italian publishing scout with these words: 'This is Doctor Zhivago. Ma...

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