Claim: Doctor Zhivago is a book.
Evidence: Doctor Zhivago -LRB- До́ктор Жива́го , Doktor Zhivago -LSB- ˈdoktər ʐɨˈvaɡə -RSB- -RRB- is a novel by Boris Pasternak , first published in 1957 in Italy.
A novel is any relatively long piece of written narrative fiction , normally in prose , and typically published as a book.