Library

"Doctor Zhivago" is a novel by the Russian poet Pasternak, which records the extraordinary experience of an ordinary Moscow doctor during the historical changes in Russia in the first half of the twentieth century. "Doctor Zhivago" truly restored the appearance of Soviet society and the true thoughts of the people - this made the Soviet authorities particularly frightened, and Pasternak's award touched their sensitive nerves even more. The government spared no effort to retaliate, but the author finally became unbearable and "voluntarily" gave up receiving the award. Pasternak also became the first writer to give up accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature since its establishment. Although he was oppressed by power, he was not afraid. Just like Doctor Zhivago in his novel, he stayed true to his sincerity and conscience until death. He said: "We owe a huge debt to our contemporaries. For many years, I only wrote lyric poems or engaged in translation. After that, I felt it was my responsibility to tell our times with novels."

"First Experience: Pasternak's Short and Novella Collection (Baidu Library)" includes 13 novels by Pasternak, including "First Experience", "A Story in One Large Character", "Second Portrait: Petersburg", "Loveless", "The Childhood of Liewers", "Novelette", and "Notes of Patrick", which is all the prose novels of the author except "Doctor Zhivago". These works express the writer's unique understanding and psychological experience of the external world in his youth from multiple angles, and reflect deeply on the relationship between art and life. They convey his contemplation on the ups and downs of the times in a unique poetic way. They pay great attention to the personalities involved in the historical torrent, especially the experiences of contemporary women. They clearly show the clear intention of writing about the fate of a generation of intellectuals and "returning a generation to history."

The core of "Doctor Zhivago" is a history of the fate of intellectuals. The protagonist of the novel, Yuli Zhivago, experienced a series of complex and turbulent stages in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union in his short life of less than forty years. In the novel, the writer relies on an era of rapid changes and casts his thoughts on many issues into his fate. The novel is the reflection of the poet's sensitive soul on the living conditions of people in the changing era under new historical conditions.