{"title":"Boris Pasternak","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoris Pasternak was a Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, born in Moscow in 1890. He is best known for his novel \"Doctor Zhivago,\" which was first published in Italy in 1957 and later won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958. Pasternak's writing style is characterized by its lyrical and introspective nature, often exploring themes of love, nature, and the human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1969-doctor-zhivago-by-boris-pasternak-international-collectors-library","title":"1969: Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak, International Collectors Library","description":"\u003cp\u003e1969: Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak, International Collectors Library, Garden City, New York. 563 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew. Unread. Collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinor bent on top cover corner (pictured). Deckled fore-edges. Includes the original inlay from ICL with presentation of the work and its binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the time covered by the novel – 1903 to 1943 – Dr. Zhivago strives to preserve his own spiritual integrity and optimistic humanity. But the times are not tolerant. A great, ever-widening crack divides Russia – class from class, parent from child, husband from wife, lover from mistress, and ultimately, man from himself. This is social and moral dilemma that Pasternak grapples with so convincingly and brilliantly in Doctor Zhivago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoctor Zhivago is part of Classical Russian Novels series of the International Collectors Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExecuted by the distinguished American artist Rafael Palacios, the binding of the volume is a re-creation of the design found on a rare old volume in the library of Czar Alexander II (1818-1881), a ruler who abolished serfdom in Russia. The original binding was in green Morocco and encased a volume in Russian titled Biographies of Famous Generals, by Dmitri N. Bantysh-Kamensky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present Doctor Zhivago volume is a close replica, bound in wine red, beautifully stamped in handsome gilt foil. It bears a series of bold, flowing spirals accentuated within by a single fillet forming the same design, all within a border of a single fillet with a flowered design in each corner. The spine carries curved wreaths of leaves and small flowers of French design. And as befits a fine collector’s volume, there is a matching ribbon marker bound in it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"International Collectors Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171909087450,"sku":"60773ad73624","price":135.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/1123\/1194\/files\/il_fullxfull.3517794884_sxbv-scaled.jpg?v=1783544268"},{"product_id":"1958-first-us-edition-doctor-zhivago-by-boris-pasternak-pantheon-books","title":"1958 First US Edition: Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak, Pantheon Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak, published by Pantheon Books in New York, 559 pages. 1958, presumably in November.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sensational work was first published by Pantheon in USA in July 1958, and went through 7 additional printings by end of the year. This is a late 1958 copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRed cloth hardcover, clean and tightly bound. In very good condition. Dustjacket present, but in poor condition (like virtually all surviving copies of this edition).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollectible book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171915608282,"sku":"6569f712f58f","price":95.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/1123\/1194\/files\/il_fullxfull.5236629564_a7vk-e1702760830892.jpg?v=1783544365"}],"url":"https:\/\/highlandsbookshop.ca\/collections\/boris-pasternak.oembed","provider":"Highlands Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}