The Zhivago affair
Subtitle: the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book
By: Peter Finn and Petra Couvée
Contributors: Couvée, Petra, author
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781846557125; 9781846558856; 9781448155651
Subjects: Censorship; Prohibited books; History; Politics and literature; Foreign relations; Politics and government; Diplomatic relations; Veröffentlichung; Literature; Doktor Zhivago (Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich)
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-335) and index.