Pasternack boris biography of christopher

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"Barnes's biography brings us as close as we are likely to come to this awkward, sometimes mysterious, sometimes transparently foolish man." Sunday Times

"In this extraordinary book, Barnes does for Boris Pasternak what Joseph Frank, in his brilliant multivolume study, did for Fyodor Dostoevsky--i.e., combine meticulous scholarship with a broad understanding of the times and weave both into an enthralling account of the writer's life and works." Choice

"Barnes' accomplishment is an artistic achievement, illuminating Pasternak as the author might himself have enjoyed, relating the ineffable forces of art and history as experienced by Zhivago and Pasternak himself.

Highly recommended for all academic collections." Choice

"...this volume is far more than a standard literary biography. Barnes' accomplishment is an artistic achievement..." Choice

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