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Petra Couvee, Peter Finn, Peter Couvee Finn

The Zhivago Affair - The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle over a Forbidden Book

English · Paperback / Softback

Description

May 1956. A poet 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.' The poet was Boris Pasternak. Pasternak knew his novel would never be published in the Soviet Union as the authorities regarded it as seditious.

Product details

Authors	Petra Couvee, Peter Finn, Peter Couvee Finn
Publisher	Harvill Secker

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	19.06.2014

EAN	9781846558856
ISBN	978-1-84655-885-6
No. of pages	368
Dimensions	153 mm x 234 mm x 28 mm
Subject	Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

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