The Zhivago affair : /
Peter Finn and Petra Couvée.
- 8 CDs (9 3/4 hr.) : digital ; 12 cm.
Unabridged. Title from disc label. Compact discs. The Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book --Cover subtitle.
Read by Simon Vance.
1956. Boris Pasternak presses a manuscript into the hands of an Italian publishing scout with these words: 'This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world.' This book offers a portrait of Pasternak, and takes us deep into the Cold War, back to a time when literature had the power to shape the world.
9781622314362
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960. Doktor Zhivago. Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960 --Censorship.
Prohibited books--History.--Soviet Union Politics and literature--Soviet Union.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union. Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States. Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.