When Boris Pasternak finished his novel Dr. Zhivago in 1956, Soviet authorities refused to publish the tale of an individual's struggle amid the Russian Revolution. A new book, The Zhivago Affair, tells the story of how Pasternak's novel came to be published and smuggled back into the Soviet Union - with help from the CIA. Jeffrey Brown talks to co-author Peter Finn.
When Boris Pasternak finished his novel Dr. Zhivago in 1956, Soviet authorities refused to publish the tale of an individual's struggle amid the Russian Revolution. A new book, The Zhivago Affair, tells the story of how Pasternak's novel came to be published and smuggled back into the Soviet Union - with help from the CIA. Jeffrey Brown talks to co-author Peter Finn.
Product Details
BN ID: | 2940171983666 |
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Publisher: | NewsHour Productions |
Publication date: | 07/08/2014 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |