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Boris Pasternak

A concise guide to Boris Pasternak's body of work, major titles, and recurring themes.

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Novel with concluding poems
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Author overview

Boris Pasternak (1890–1960) was a novelist, poet, and playwright whose body of work spans novel with concluding poems. This writing is associated with Russian Empire and Soviet Union. Major works and useful reading starting points include Doctor Zhivago. Key themes include Private life inside history, Individual conscience and imposed language, Art, nature, and spiritual attention, and Love, loyalty, and divided responsibility.

Reading pathway

Begin with Doctor Zhivago.

Representative starting points

Doctor Zhivago

A physician and poet tries to preserve love, conscience, and an inner life while war and revolution repeatedly reorganize families, homes, work, and language around him.

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