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A review by heidibowe
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
5.0
"Doctor Zhivago" contains a treasury of achingly beautiful passages on love, the individual, philosophy and religion.
The romance between Yury and Lara obtains a near spiritual quality as the last individuals under a harsh regime of "unity and equality" find fleeting solace together.
The mystical is laced throughout this novel in the form of unexpected coincidence, elevating the novel beyond pure reality and into a realm of symbolism, everything becoming imbued with meaning.
While not all of the characters and resolutions of plotline hold up to close scrutiny, the power and clarity with which the themes are conveyed is near transcendental.
In the words of Boris Pasternak's cousin Olga Freidenberg who had recently been sent the book and asked for feedback: "what do I think of it? What do I think of life? This if life in its greatest and broadest sense"
The romance between Yury and Lara obtains a near spiritual quality as the last individuals under a harsh regime of "unity and equality" find fleeting solace together.
The mystical is laced throughout this novel in the form of unexpected coincidence, elevating the novel beyond pure reality and into a realm of symbolism, everything becoming imbued with meaning.
While not all of the characters and resolutions of plotline hold up to close scrutiny, the power and clarity with which the themes are conveyed is near transcendental.
In the words of Boris Pasternak's cousin Olga Freidenberg who had recently been sent the book and asked for feedback: "what do I think of it? What do I think of life? This if life in its greatest and broadest sense"