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Going to read this soon. Any good?

>> No.2691543

yes, if you like russian lit.
and everyone but the biggest faggots alive likes russian lit.

>> No.2691566

It's fucking amazing, OP

>> No.2691595

>>2691404
Not OP but now that I look into this, it seems interesting, however I would like a way to get a brief summary of the historical events surrounding the novel. Any suggestions?

>> No.2691795

>>2691595
Just do some reading on or watch a few historical documentaries on the Russian Civil War and Stalinism so you can get the setting but also what Pasternak was getting at.

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2691810

Nabokov hated it. But I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that John Ashbery liked Doctor Zhivago. So maybe they cancel out?

I dug the film, cause Julie Delpy and Omar Sharif are beautiful together.

Haven't read the book, have a french translation somewhere.

Bumping for more opinions.

>> No.2691812

>>2691810

>Nabokov hated it.

>Zhivago confirmed for shit tier

>> No.2691820
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>>2691812
Nabokov was a bro. But he also called Faulkner "corn-cobby"...like it's a bad thing!

Movie's cool, though, and Lara's Theme, damn, nigga, that's a good score.