\'Doctor Zhivago\' by Boris Pasternak

日瓦戈醫生》的原著被稱為當代蘇俄文學中最優秀的作品， 刻畫了一個知識分子在十月革命前後的理想、希望、沮喪和失望種種。 作品開篇從1902年寫起，“結局”寫到1929年，“尾聲”則已寫到第二次世界大戰結束後的年月，時間跨度前後約半個世紀。 剛獲得諾貝爾文學獎，就被封殺了近三十年 作品描繪了一份在動蕩年代中的史詩愛情 作者鮑裏斯·帕斯捷爾納克迫於被驅逐出境的威脅而拒絕領獎，不久鬱鬱而死。

 

 

"The original of 'Doctor Zhivago' is considered one of the finest works of contemporary Soviet literature, portraying the ideals, hopes, frustrations, and disappointments of an intellectual before and after the October Revolution. The work begins in 1902 and concludes in 1929 with an epilogue that extends to the end of World War II, spanning roughly half a century.

Despite just winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the book was banned for nearly thirty years. The work depicts an epic love story set amidst the turbulent times.

Author Boris Pasternak refused the award due to threats of exile, and he later died of depression."