Title: The Zhivago affair
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.
Subjects: Prohibited books, Politics and government, Dissenters, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, United States, Biography, Censorship, Politics and literature, Russian Authors, Foreign relations, History, United states, foreign relations, soviet union, Soviet union, foreign relations, united states, Soviet union, politics and government, 1945-1991, Pasternak, boris leonidovich, 1890-1960, Large type books, Diplomatic relations, Doktor Zhivago (Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich)
Places: United States, Soviet Union
People: Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960)
Time periods: 20th century, 1953-1985