Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak’s novel Doctor Zhivago follows the life of doctor and poet Yuri Zhivago against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and Civil War. Yuri is married to Tonya but falls deeply in love with Lara, who has a complicated relationship with the revolutionary Komarovsky. War and revolution shatter Yuri’s life, forcing him to make difficult choices. In the end, he loses both his love and his freedom. The novel paints a poetic and tragic portrait of a man striving to preserve his soul in turbulent times.