Doctor zhivagoboris pasternak
Doctor zhivago
by boris pasternak · first published 1957
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Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, great read!
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?” ↗I think this is a fascinating story. Doctor Zhivago is a hauntingly beautiful work --- one of my favorite books and films, certainly, and I am surprised by its importance as a political tool --- really, as a tool of propaganda! I found this story deeply…
on “During Cold War, CIA used ‘Doctor Zhivago’ as a tool to undermine Soviet Union” ↗…and Tolstoy. Brothers Karamazov was my favorite. I liked ''War and Peace too', and can somewhat understand why they call 'Anna Karenina' one of the best books ever written. Just recently, I finished 'Doctor Zhivago', and 'Fathers and Sons', and 'The Master and Margarita'. I thought they were all brilliant. Since the year is coming to and end, I hope to reread VS Naipaul's 'A House for Mr Biswas'. It's my favorite…
on “Ask HN: Books You Read in 2020?” ↗Pasternak was given Nobel prize for "Doctor Zhivago". When reading the book I was disappointed a bit: why give such a high prize for such a boring book. Only about 15-20 years later I understood that Nobel Prize is mostly about politics, not literature.…
on “Maria Stepanova, one of Russia's greatest living poets, comes to America” ↗I would not bet too much on the ability of collective struggles to solve individual problems. I still think that this is at the heart of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago". both the movie and the book. And it has taken on the patina of timelessness and universality in my experience
on “Verizon Workers Strike on East Coast After Deadline Passes” ↗> Pasternak was given Nobel prize for "Doctor Zhivago". When reading the book I was disappointed a bit: why give such a high prize for such a boring book. Maybe other people liked it, even if you didn't?
on “Maria Stepanova, one of Russia's greatest living poets, comes to America” ↗> Doctor Zhivago is a hauntingly beautiful work Pasternak, of course, was above all a poet. If I recall correctly, his poet friends (especially Anna Akhmatova) reacted with dismay to his writing that novel at the end…
on “During Cold War, CIA used ‘Doctor Zhivago’ as a tool to undermine Soviet Union” ↗>Pasternak was given Nobel prize for "Doctor Zhivago" When Boris Pasternak, under fire from Soviet authorities, turned down a Nobel Prize. - https://lithub.com/when-boris-pasternak-under-fire-from-sovi...
on “Maria Stepanova, one of Russia's greatest living poets, comes to America” ↗Famously, after Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, a flood of derogatory letters were published in Soviet newspapers, each beginning with "I have not read the novel..." As a result, Pasternak was forced to decline…
on “The Cancellation of ‘Jihad Rehab’” ↗> Maybe other people liked it, even if you didn't? Never saw anyone who liked it. Everybody I asked about Doctor Zhivago, said it is graphomania (I don't know if it is customary to call bad books by this name in English, but we usually use this word).
on “Maria Stepanova, one of Russia's greatest living poets, comes to America” ↗"Consider the ending of “Doctor Zhivago,” when a chance sighting of Lara on a city street leads Yuri’s heart to rupture as she disappears before he can reach her. Had the Internet been around during the Bolshevik Revolution, Yuri and Lara never…
on “Before the Web, Hearts Grew Silent” ↗…as context. Assertion: I fear modern media leaves me only frightened. Contradiction: Realization -- It won't. Assertion: Novels exist outside of the political upheaval they arise from. Resolution: Doctor Zhivago as example of proof. Section break (as a notice to the reader). Assertion: Novels are an intimate communication between writer and reader. Contradiction: "No one reads books anymore." Assertion: People…
on “Why the Novel Matters” ↗…the classic Russian writers are famous because of their writing, same as French, English and American authors are. Some of the most famous Russian books include 'Anna Karenina', 'War and Peace' and 'Doctor Zhivago', and these three have been made into Russian and/or Western films. Like all films, the film versions often cut out whole swathes of the original story, but can give an outline of what the books contain.
on “Ask HN: What are some MUST read Russian books?” ↗