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Boris Pasternak Doctor Zhivago Historical Russia Romance Vintage Classic Signet. Doctor Zhivago is a novel by Russian poet Boris Pasternak, first published in Italy in 1957, that. Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago, Historical Russia Romance, Vintage Classic Signet 21st printing circa 1960s, general wear and tanning, very good condition. Doctor Zhivago is a novel by Russian poet Boris Pasternak, first published in Italy in 1957, that chronicles the life of a physician-poet, Yuri Zhivago, during the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, focusing on his love for Lara against a backdrop of war, political upheaval, and immense personal suffering. The book was banned in the Soviet Union until 1987 due to its critical stance on the revolution, and its Western publication led to Pasternak being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958, which he was forced to decline.