The Zhivago affair, the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book, Peter Finn and Petra Couvee
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The Zhivago affair, the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book, Peter Finn and Petra Couvee
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The Zhivago affair
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Peter Finn and Petra Couvee
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the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book
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In May of 1956, an Italian publishing scout took a train to the Russian countryside to visit the country's most beloved poet, Boris Pasternak. He left concealing the original manuscript of Pasternak's much anticipated first novel, entrusted to him with these words from the author: "This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world.
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- Politics and literature -- Soviet Union -- History
- Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960 -- Censorship
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography
- Prohibited books -- Soviet Union -- History
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- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985
- Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960
- Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- Biography
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
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- Politics and literature -- Soviet Union -- History
- Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960 -- Censorship
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography
- Prohibited books -- Soviet Union -- History
- Audiobooks
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985
- Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960
- Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- Biography
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
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