The Zhivago Affair
The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle over a Forbidden Book
$35.42
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2015
Summary
The story of a forbidden book that became a symbol of freedom and rebellion in the battle between East and West.
Boris Pasternak presses a manuscript into the hands of an Italian publishing scout with these words: ‘This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world.’ Pasternak knew his novel would never be published in the Soviet Union as the authorities regarded it as seditious, so, instead, he allowed it to be published in translation all over the world - a highly…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099581345 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099581345 |
| Author: | Peter Finn, Petra Couvee |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A galloping page-turner and a stark picture of a nation ruled by terror and unreason, which reads like a sinister rewrite of Alice in Wonderland
A galloping page-turner and a stark picture of a nation ruled by terror and unreason, which reads like a sinister rewrite of Alice in Wonderland – John Carey * Sunday Times *
Packed with fascinating detail … vibrant authenticity and calm analysis – Claire Morrall * Independent on Sunday *
Fascinating… [Finn and Couvée] manage to shed new light on both the period and the characters involved – Virginia Rounding * Financial Times *
A compelling, seductively written tale of Cold War censorship and paranoia – Kate Williams * Independent *
Excellent, superbly researched, and as exciting in its way as any Cold War thriller. Pasternak himself emerges clearly and strongly in all his complexity. This was the most important literary controversy of the post-war world, and Finn and Couvée have presented it with immense care and colour. The aftermath of the affair still has resonance even now – John Simpson
An extraordinary, gripping tale of art and espionage, The Zhivago Affair embodies the belief shared by its flamboyant cast of geniuses, barbarians, lovers and eccentrics: books matter – AD Miller, author of SNOWDROPS
[The Zhivago Affair] really is a thriller, a page turner – Vin Arthey * Scotland on Sunday *
A fine contribution to our knowledge of what became known as the Pasternak affair – Robert Service * Times Literary Supplement *
A you-couldn’t-make-it-up account of the CIA’s campaign to smuggle copies of Pasternak’s banned novel into the USSR – Mark Mason * Spectator *
Beautifully crafted and scrupulously researched… The Zhivago Affair is a prime example of hard work and fidelity to a good story * Washington Post Sunday *
Peter Finn
Peter Finn (Author)
PETER FINN is national security editor for The Washington Post and previously served as the Post’s bureau chief in Moscow.
Petra Couvee (Author)
PETRA COUV E is a writer and translator, and teaches at Saint Petersburg State University.
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