false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178234438m/774330.jpg 130440 112 This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987. One of the results of its publication in the West was Pasternak's complete rejection by Soviet authorities; when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 he was compelled to decline it. The book quickly became an international best-seller. Dr. Yury Zhivago, Pasternak's alter ego, is a poet, philosopher, and physician whose life is disrupted by the war and by his love for Lara, the wife of a revolutionary. His artistic nature makes him vulnerable to the brutality and harshness of the Bolsheviks; wandering throughout Russia, he is unable to take control of his fate, and dies in utter poverty. The poems he leaves behind constitute some of the most beautiful writing in the novel. 3288400 book 1957 Doctor Zhivago total:4104|5:1253|4:1440|3:998|2:302|1:111| 4104 15734 6635 358 415847 0345307593 9780345307590 45 5 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183046240m/415847.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/415847.Dr_Zhivago 4 3 false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 08:46:22 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 07 05:40:38 -0800 2009 Dr. Zhivago was in high school. At 15, the book was a chore. Impenetrable and numerous Russian names (often for the same character) and endless description of the Russian landscape left me exhausted and unimpressed. After re-reading and enjoying other high school assignments, ...more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 3 5 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 09:54:25 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 15:14:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 5 4 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Jan 11 10:33:29 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 10:42:48 -0800 2008
Not only because it's a great historical and literary addition to one's memory bank, but also for what it (and all Russian novels, by the way) teaches you about human nature.

Antonia is Dr. Yuri Zhivago's wife...more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 3 2 false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 09:14:34 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 18:47:31 -0700 2009 Doctor Zhivago appeals for three reasons. First, it is an epic by and about a man caught in the thick of the tumultuous period of Russian enlightenment and revolution. Second, like many epics, it follows the romance between a man and a woman (or in this book´s case, three women) w...more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 3 1 true Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 14:17:57 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 11:01:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 4 1 false Mon Feb 11 01:04:16 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 01:35:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 5 2 false Tue Jan 15 20:33:02 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 20:43:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 2 0 false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 11:19:02 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 11:20:24 -0700 2009
I was disappointed in this: not because of the film - I remember little of that except for a few scenes with plot and dialogue missing - but because it seemed to fall between the broad historical novel and...more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 5 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jan 03 13:16:14 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 13:16:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 5 2 false Sun Sep 14 18:09:34 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 18:13:30 -0700 2008 Endless more...]]> 1026170 0679407596 9780679407591 44 8 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180320913m/1026170.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1026170.Doctor_Zhivago 5 0 false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 09:45:51 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 10:09:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 3 1 false Fri Sep 25 11:33:21 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 17:17:56 -0700 2009 Probably not unlike anyone else who grew up or lived in the 20th Century, I'm fascinated by Russia and stories of life under communism, partly why I...more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 03 22:31:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 22:38:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Thu Apr 30 12:45:56 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 12:49:37 -0700 2009
This is an epic story about a doctor and poet before and during the Russian Revolution. The events and the lif...more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 4 1 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Oct 09 13:02:25 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 13:08:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 1 0 false Sun Nov 08 23:40:42 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 23:40:42 -0800 2009
I got through about 100 pages and I was so confused I had to admit defeat. There are so many characters, who each have a n...more...]]> 774330 0099448424 9780099448426 30 4 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178234438m/774330.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774330.Doctor_Zhivago 3 1 false Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:40:11 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 05:01:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 4 0 false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 05:42:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 13:56:10 -0700 2009
Quotes I liked: "To live always means to striv...more...]]> 1103391 0002611503 9780002611503 6 1 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1207109445m/1103391.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1103391.Doctor_Zhivago 4 0 false Tue Feb 17 20:19:18 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 20:19:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 130440 0679774386 9780679774389 3219 293 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130440.Doctor_Zhivago 5 0 false Thu Nov 20 00:12:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 13:37:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=774330