The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book
Drawing on newly declassified government files, this is the dramatic story of how a forbidden book in the Soviet Union became a secret CIA weapon in the ideological battle between East and West.
In May 1956, an Italian publishing scout took a train to a village just outside Moscow to visit Russia’s greatest living poet, Boris Pasternak. He left carrying the original manuscript of Pasternak’s first and only novel, entrusted to him with these words: “This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world.” Pasternak believed his novel was unlikely ever to be published in the Soviet Union, where the authorities regarded it as an irredeemable assault on the 1917 Revolution. But he thought it stood a chance in the West and, indeed, beginning in Italy, Doctor Zhivago was widely published in translation throughout the world.
From there the life of this extraordinary book entered the realm of the spy novel. The CIA, which recognized that the Cold War was above all an ideological battle, published a Russian-language edition of Doctor Zhivago and smuggled it into the Soviet Union. Copies were devoured in Moscow and Leningrad, sold on the black market, and passed surreptitiously from friend to friend. Pasternak’s funeral in 1960 was attended by thousands of admirers who defied their government to bid him farewell. The example he set launched the great tradition of the writer-dissident in the Soviet Union.
In The Zhivago Affair, Peter Finn and Petra Couvée bring us intimately close to this charming, passionate, and complex artist. First to obtain CIA files providing concrete proof of the agency’s involvement, the authors give us a literary thriller that takes us back to a fascinating period of the Cold War—to a time when literature had the power to stir the world.
(With 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations.)
Audiobooks (CD)
Authors, Russian
Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography
Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Biography & Autobiography
Censorship
Dissenters
Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- Biography
Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Foreign relations
History
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Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, -- 1890-1960 -- Censorship
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, -- 1890-1960. -- Doktor Zhivago
Politics
Politics and government
Politics and literature
Politics and literature -- Soviet Union -- History
Politics and literature -- Soviet Union -- History -- Audiobooks (CD)
Prohibited books
Prohibited books -- Soviet Union -- History
Prohibited books -- Soviet Union -- History -- Audiobooks (CD)
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Audiobooks (CD)
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985 -- Audiobooks (CD)
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Audiobooks (CD)
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century -- Audiobooks (CD)
9781467683722
9781622314362
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Grouping Author | peter finn |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2023-12-09 04:07:40AM |
Last Indexed | 2023-12-09 04:34:04AM |
Solr Fields
Vance, Simon
Couvée, Petra,author
Findaway World, LLC
HighBridge Audio (Firm)
Playaway Digital Audio
Recorded Books, LLC
Vance, Simon,narrator
Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library
Odenton Library
Online OverDrive Collection
Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library - Audiobooks
Odenton Library - Audiobooks
Online OverDrive Collection
Drawing on newly declassified government files, this is the dramatic story of how a forbidden book in the Soviet Union became a secret CIA weapon in the ideological battle between East and West.
In May 1956, an Italian publishing scout took a train to a village just outside Moscow to visit Russia’s greatest living poet, Boris Pasternak. He left carrying the original manuscript of Pasternak’s first and only novel, entrusted to him with these words: “This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world.” Pasternak believed his novel was unlikely ever to be published in the Soviet Union, where the authorities regarded it as an irredeemable assault on the 1917 Revolution. But he thought it stood a chance in the West and, indeed, beginning in Italy, Doctor Zhivago was widely published in translation throughout the world.
From there the life of this extraordinary book entered the realm of the spy novel. The CIA, which recognized that the Cold War was above all an ideological battle, published a Russian-language edition of Doctor Zhivago and smuggled it into the Soviet Union. Copies were devoured in Moscow and Leningrad, sold on the black market, and passed surreptitiously from friend to friend. Pasternak’s funeral in 1960 was attended by thousands of admirers who defied their government to bid him farewell. The example he set launched the great tradition of the writer-dissident in the Soviet Union.
In The Zhivago Affair, Peter Finn and Petra Couvée bring us intimately close to this charming, passionate, and complex artist. First to obtain CIA files providing concrete proof of the agency’s involvement, the authors give us a literary thriller that takes us back to a fascinating period of the Cold War—to a time when literature had the power to stir the world.
(With 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations.)
Playaway
eBook
eBook
9781467683722
9781622314362
Adult Playaway
Online OverDrive
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Anne Arundel County Public Library Online
Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library
Odenton Library
Online OverDrive Collection
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Playaway
Audiobooks (CD)
Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography
Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- Biography
Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- Biography -- Audiobooks (CD)
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, -- 1890-1960 -- Censorship
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, -- 1890-1960. -- Doktor Zhivago
Politics and literature -- Soviet Union -- History
Politics and literature -- Soviet Union -- History -- Audiobooks (CD)
Prohibited books -- Soviet Union -- History
Prohibited books -- Soviet Union -- History -- Audiobooks (CD)
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Audiobooks (CD)
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985 -- Audiobooks (CD)
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Audiobooks (CD)
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century -- Audiobooks (CD)
The Zhivago affair [playaway] : the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book / Peter Finn and Petra Couvee
The Zhivago affair [sound recording] : the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book / Peter Finn and Petra Couvée
Authors, Russian
Biography & Autobiography
Censorship
Dissenters
Foreign relations
History
Nonfiction
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich
Politics
Politics and government
Politics and literature
Prohibited books
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