by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070733965
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«Lettres à mes amies françaises (1956-1960)» is the correspondence of Boris Pasternak, published by Gallimard in paperback (234 pages, in French).
These letters, written between 1956 and 1960, recount Pasternak's meeting with two young French women, Jacqueline de Proyart and Hélène Peltier-Zamoyska, and the clandestine transfer of the manuscript of «Doctor Zhivago». They also reflect the author's struggle to publish his novel in Russian and his connection with the beginnings of dissidence in the USSR.
The edition includes an introduction and notes by Jacqueline de Proyart, one of the recipients. Pasternak (1890-1960) was a Russian poet, novelist and translator.
For those interested in the history of the publication of «Doctor Zhivago» and in the lives of writers under the Soviet regime.
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist, and literary translator.
