Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich

The story of Zhivago, poet and physician, of his struggle to keep his family alive and happy in the midst of overwhelming chaos, and of his love for Lara.

Presents the classic story of Dr. Zhivago and Lara who fall in love in the midst of the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.

It's February. Weeping, take ink--The sleepy garden scatters beetles--Venice-Winter sky--The Urals for the first time --Spring--Swifts--Improvisation--Marburg --(etc.).

Epic novel of post-revolutionary Russia focuses on the torments and dreams of a doctor-poet who attempts to avoid the struggles of his turbulent era.

Includes twenty-four poems by Boris Pasternak in the original Russian and in English translation.