![]() ![]() It's easy to forget the fear that shadowed the Cold War era. Next fall marks the fiftieth anniversary of the book's publication in English, a moment in time when a novel could draw the attention of readers around the world, with word of mouth spreading about a manuscript smuggled out of Russia. Later I found the paperback edition read during my high school years, and its cover proclaimed it "The Novel That Made World History." I was surprised by the narrator's wry sense of humour, which I hadn't remembered, and the story kept my attention. I paid the two-dollar asking price, brought Zhivago home and started re-reading it, for the first time in over forty years, an image of the luminous Julie Christie as Pasternak's heroine in the back of my mind. ![]() Since the novel hadn't been deaccessioned from the library's collection, it must have come from one of the boxes of books donated to the sale. The book, which turned out to be a first edition, was in excellent condition and wore its original dust jacket. AT a library book sale not long ago I spotted a hardbound copy of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago. ![]()
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