Boris Pasternak

Code: 026249
Pasternak, Zhozefina
Khozhdenie po Kanatu
Memuarnaia i Filosofskaia Proza. Stikhi
[ Walking a tightrope : Memoirs and philosophical prose. Poems ]
Moscow: Tri kvadrata, 2010
Language: Russian

Price: $ 50.00

This is the first book in Russian by Josephine Pasternak (1900-1993), an outstanding poet, philosopher, and Boris Pasternak’s youngest and beloved sister. It includes her philosophical essays, poems, articles, and autobiographical notes.

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Code: 017392
Sokolov, Boris
Kto Vy, Doktor Zhivago?
Rasshifrovannyi Pasternak
[ Who are you, doctor Zhivago? : Decoded Pasternak ]
Moscow: Eksmo, Iauza, 2006
Language: Russian

Price: $ 18.00

How are the love stories in "Doctor Zhivago" related to the personal life of its author Boris Pasternak? Who are the prototypes for this novel? How did Marshall Tukhachevskii became a character and how is Pasternak`s relation with Stalin reflected in this book? How did the author get the Nobel prize, and why was he forced to reject it? Why did the Russian authorities not accept this novel and organized its official defamation in press? This book by historian of literature Boris Sokolov answers these questions and more.

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