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Mar 21, 2014
Rosemary
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I'm glad I read this but I was a little disappointed with it. It was like Tolstoy in breadth but patchy in style, without the same consistently good writing.
Of course Tolstoy is a hard act to follow and it isn't just because they were both Russian that I'm comparing the two. Doctor Zhivago seems to aim at doing for the Russian Revolution what War and Peace did for the Napoleonic War.
There are so many unlikely coincidences that it has to be read more like a fable than the story of one man, but ...more
Of course Tolstoy is a hard act to follow and it isn't just because they were both Russian that I'm comparing the two. Doctor Zhivago seems to aim at doing for the Russian Revolution what War and Peace did for the Napoleonic War.
There are so many unlikely coincidences that it has to be read more like a fable than the story of one man, but ...more
Come si fa a parlare di un classico senza dire cose ovvie?
Non si fa. Quindi abbiamo un romanzo tormentato e le storie d'amore travagliate come l'anima e la vita del dottore e di Lara; forse un po' troppe coincidenza, ma immagino abbiano un senso in una visione di più ampio respiro del contesto storico e della visione dell'autore, che però ignoro.
Vale la pena leggere questo affresco della Russia nel passaggio dall'epoca zarista alla fine della guerra, degli avvenimenti che la sconvolsero e di c ...more
Non si fa. Quindi abbiamo un romanzo tormentato e le storie d'amore travagliate come l'anima e la vita del dottore e di Lara; forse un po' troppe coincidenza, ma immagino abbiano un senso in una visione di più ampio respiro del contesto storico e della visione dell'autore, che però ignoro.
Vale la pena leggere questo affresco della Russia nel passaggio dall'epoca zarista alla fine della guerra, degli avvenimenti che la sconvolsero e di c ...more
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Denise
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Apr 02, 2013
Susan
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Salma
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Elizabeth Stultz
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