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PASTERNAK, ANNA: : LARA - THE UNTOLD STORY THAT INSPIRED DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS/HarperCollinsPublishers,2016.

ISBN 9780008156787.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+. Virtually as new - wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around white background with b/w portrait photographs to top halves of front+rear panels of dw/dj,with glossy capitalised,black-lettered author name and similar but grey-lettered part-title and other black+grey lettering,a grey background to spine/ backstrip with glossy,capitalised white-lettered part-title and glossy,capitalised black-lettered author name and other white lettered+white illustrated publisher's colophon to foot of spine,rear panel of dw/dj with a black+grey lettered review. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xv-xxvipp+1- 310pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,12 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs (the majority) and a colour illus and colour photograph,in 2 blocks,between pp102/03 and pp182/83 respectively,an Epilogue, Notes,a Select Bibliography,Acknowledgements and Notes on Sources,and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,epigrams (2),a contents list/table,a double-page b/w Russia map with thumbnail b/w continent regional map inset,and a double-page genealogical Family Tree chart. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Boris Pasternak's masterpiece,'Doctor Zhivago', has sold in the millions,and yet the true story behind its two famed lovers has been lost to history. When Stalin came into power in 1924,the Communist government began persecuting dissident writers.Though Stalin spared the life of Boris - whose novel-in-progress,'Doctor Zhivago',was suspected of being anti-Soviet - he persecuted Boris's mistress,typist,and literary muse,Olga Ivinksaya.Olga was twice sentenced to work in Siberian labor camps,where she was interrogated about the book Boris was writing,but she refused to betray the man she loved. When Olga was released from the gulags,she assumed that Boris would leave his wife for her but,trapped by his family's expectations and his own weak will,he never did.  Drawing on previously neglected family sources and original interviews,Boris's great-niece,Anna Pasternak,explores this hidden act of moral compromise by her great-uncle,and restores to history the passionate affair that inspired and animated Doctor Zhivago. Devastated that Olga suffered on his behalf and frustrated that he could not match her loyalty to him,Boris instead channelled his thwarted passion for Olga into the love story in his classic work. Filled with the rich detail of Boris's secret life,Lara unearths a moving love story of courage,loyalty,suffering,drama,and loss,and casts a new light on the legacy of Doctor Zhivago. Pasternak would often say 'Lara exists,go and meet her',directing his visitors to the love of his life and literary muse,Olga Ivinskaya.They met in 1946 at the literary journal where she worked. Olga paid an enormous price for loving 'her Boria'. She became a pawn in a highly political game and was imprisoned twice in Siberian labour camps because of her association with him and his controversial work. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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