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BOOK
Title The Zhivago affair : the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book / Peter Finn and Petra Couv†ee
Imprint London : Vintage Books, 2015

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 Malmö stadsarkiv:Dawit Isaak-biblioteket  891.7 engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Descript 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Note Radio tie-in
Originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index
The story of a forbidden book that became a symbol of freedom and rebellion in the battle between East and West. 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.' Pasternak knew his novel would never be published in the Soviet Union as the authorities regarded it as seditious, so, instead, he allowed it to be published in translation all over the world - a highly dangerous act. 1958. The life of this extraordinary book enters the realms of the spy novel. The CIA, recognising that the Cold War was primarily an ideological battle, published Doctor Zhivago in Russian and smuggled it into the Soviet Union. It was immediately snapped up on the black market. Pasternak was later forced to renounce the Nobel Prize in Literature, igniting worldwide political scandal. With first access to previously classified CIA files, The Zhivago Affair gives an irresistible portrait of Pasternak, and takes us deep into the Cold War, back to a time when literature had the power to shake the world. This is a Spectator and Sunday Times Book of the Year
Subject Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960. Doktor Zhivago
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960 -- Censorship
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960.
Doktor Zhivago (Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich)
1953-1985
Prohibited books -- Soviet Union -- History
Politics and literature -- Soviet Union
Livres prohib†es -- URSS -- Histoire
Politique et litt†erature -- URSS
Prohibited books -- History. -- Soviet Union.
Politics and literature -- Soviet Union.
Censorship.
Diplomatic relations.
Politics and government.
Politics and literature.
Prohibited books.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985
†Etats-Unis -- Relations ext†erieures -- URSS
URSS -- Relations ext†erieures -- †Etats-Unis
URSS -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1953-1985
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985
Soviet Union
United States
History.
Dawit Isaak-biblioteket
Classmark 891.7342
Alt Auth Couv†ee, Petra,
ISBN/ISSN 9780099581345 (pbk.)
0099581345 (pbk.)
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