Lara The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago

Anna Pasternak

eBook - 2017

Lara is the heartbreaking story of lovers Boris Pasternak, the author of Doctor Zhivago, and Olga Ivinskaya—the true tragedy behind the timeless classic."Anna Pasternak does not spare an ounce of drama nor detail from the story of her great-uncle's love affair with Olga Ivinskaya, the inspiration for Doctor Zhivago's Lara. The result is a profoundly moving meditation on love, loyalty and, ultimately, forgiveness." —New York Times–bestselling author Amanda ForemanWhen Stalin came into power in 1924, the Communist government began persecuting dissident writers. Though he spared the life of Boris Pasternak—whose novel-in-progress, Doctor Zhivago, was suspected of being anti-Soviet—Stalin persecuted Boris's mi...stress, typist, and literary muse, Olga Ivinskaya. Boris's affair devastated the Pasternaks, and they were keen to disavow Olga's role in Boris's writing. Twice sentenced to work in Siberian labor camps, Olga was interrogated... more