Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago

Synopsis

Drawing On Previously Neglected Family Sources And Original Interviews, Boris's Great-neice, Anna Pasternak, Explores The Hidden Act Of Moral Compromise By Her Great-uncle, And Restores To History The Passionate Affair That Inspired And Animated 'doctor Zhivago.'--front Jacket Flap. Prologue: Straightening Cobwebs -- A Girl From A Different World -- Mother Land And Wonder Papa -- The Cloud Dweller -- Cables Under High Tension -- Marguerite In The Dungeon -- Cranes Over Potma -- A Fairy Tale -- The Italian Angel -- The Fat Is In The Fire -- The Pasternak Affair -- A Beast At Bay -- The Truth Of Their Agony -- Epilogue: Think Of Me Then. Anna Pasternak. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 263-290) And Index.