This compounds the sense of will-lessness that pervades the book and gives Dr. Zhivago the air of a hapless victim. But there is something about Zhivago’s very weakness that gives him strength.

When Boris Pasternak finished his novel “Dr. Zhivago” in 1956, Soviet authorities refused to publish the tale of an individual’s struggle amid the Russian Revolution. A new book, “The ...

How the Americans pounced on the opportunity to use the Boris Pasternak novel as propaganda against the Soviet Union The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA officials had rave reviews for Boris Pasternak’s classic Russian novel “Doctor Zhivago” – not for its literary merit but as a propaganda weapon in the Cold War ...

There was a significant effort to distribute books in Vienna — about 30,000 in 14 languages, including “1984,” “Animal Farm,” “The God That Failed” and “Doctor Zhivago.” ...

Dr Zhivago - an untold love story lay behind the famous book - until now Lev Golinkin Updated Mar 8, 2017 – 5.37pm , first published at Mar 7, 2017 – 11.00pm ...

Before Doctor Zhivago became an acclaimed film in 1965, it was a novel—one the CIA secretly printed.. The Washington Post delves into the book's fascinating back story by way of 130 freshly ...

Into one of the most sordid episodes in Russian literary history -- the Soviets' persecution of Boris Pasternak, author of "Doctor Zhivago" -- a Russian historian has injected a belated piece of ...

At the same time, Doctor Zhivago was not a book with only propagandistic value. It was, and is, a book with great spiritual value. The character of Zhivago is a witness to historical change, ...

The book, which Knopf acquired for seven figures, is set in 1957 and based on the actual events surrounding the publication of Boris Pasternak's classic, Dr. Zhivago.

Book editor Mary Ann Gwinn likes “books about books,” and she recommends a ... “Dr. Zhivago” is most remembered for the dazzling 1965 movie version starring Omar Sharif and Julie ...