THE FOLIO SOCIETY

'It is a book of hope and vitality. And it is a book of great revelation' – New York Times

Set during the Russian revolution of 1917 and the civil war which followed it, Dr Zhivago remains one of the greatest love-stories of all time, yet for thirty years it was banned in its own land. Although the government forced Pasternak to refuse the Nobel Prize, nothing could stop the book's popularity. It was translated into 18 languages and made into a successful film with Julie Christie and Omar Sharif.

A panoramic work that takes us from Moscow to the Siberian forest, the book charts the dramatic story of post-revolutionary Russia through the eyes of two lovers. When Lara and the poet Yuri Zhivago meet, they are swept away by their passion. Through all the vicissitudes of the war, only their love - immortalised in Zhivago's haunting poems - remains constant.