Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak , Trans. Manya Harari , Trans. Max Hayward

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Both a physician and a poet, Yuri Zhivago is already married to Tonya when, stationed with the military in a small Russian town in the First World War, he becomes captivated by Lara. When Yuri and his family flee Moscow and head east Yuri’s path crosses Lara’s once again, sparking a narrative that evokes life in Revolutionary Russia yet is ‘one of the greatest love stories ever told’.

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