In this introduction to the life and work of Boris Pasternak, Larissa Rudova contends that although Doctor Zhivago won Boris Pasternak the Nobel Prize in 1958 and made him a cold war celebrity, it alone does not reflect the breadth of his literary achievements. Here she presents a more balanced view of the writer by analyzing, in addition to this famous novel, the poetry that defined his long career and established him as one of Russia's greatest 20th-century writers.
In this introduction to the life and work of Boris Pasternak, Larissa Rudova contends that although Doctor Zhivago won Boris Pasternak the Nobel Prize in 1958 and made him a cold war celebrity, it alone does not reflect the breadth of his literary achievements. Here she presents a more balanced view of the writer by analyzing, in addition to this famous novel, the poetry that defined his long career and established him as one of Russia's greatest 20th-century writers.