Doctor Zhivago

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  Doctor Zhivago

  This distinguished new translation both shows how much the famous film version eliminated and gives validity to the choices which director David Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt made in adapting the novel for the screen. The novel succeeds where the film fell short in portraying how unfit Yuri Zhiv ... (continue)

  This distinguished new translation both shows how much the famous film version eliminated and gives validity to the choices which director David Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt made in adapting the novel for the screen. The novel succeeds where the film fell short in portraying how unfit Yuri Zhivago was to succeed in the Bolshevik/Communist environment. His stubborn refusal to agree with the authorities that excrement smelled like roses (figuratively speaking), made him as much a persona non grata as his creator, Boris Pasternak. In the bitter, violent post-Revolutionary era, Russia had no safe place for two people (Zhivago and Lara) who wished only to love each other and be left alone.
  Superlative readig, especially for those who, like this reviewer, struggled through some of the lame previous English translations.

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  Claredeer said on Feb 1, 2011 | Add your feedback

• Abandoned for now. It got too confusing to follow along for a casual read, what with all the names sounding so similar and the many characters involved. I may attempt to read this book again in the future, when I'm not so distracted by other things. Or maybe if I watch the movie, I'll end up really ... (continue)

  Abandoned for now. It got too confusing to follow along for a casual read, what with all the names sounding so similar and the many characters involved. I may attempt to read this book again in the future, when I'm not so distracted by other things. Or maybe if I watch the movie, I'll end up really liking it and I'll attempt to read again.

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  fuzziwuzzi said on Jan 4, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 513 Pages
• Edition: 1
• ISBN-10: 0307377695
• ISBN-13: 9780307377692
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Pub date: Oct 01, 2010
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding and Others
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