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Book of the Week The Zhivago Affair Episodes

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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 Pasternak is awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature but is forced to renounce it.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5 Illicit copies of Dr Zhivago are in great demand at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5 The Russian-language manuscript of Dr Zhivago arrives at CIA headquarters.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5 Pasternak begins an affair with Olga Ivinskaya, which proves a dangerous move.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 Pasternak's poetry is receiving rave reviews, and the Soviet leadership soon takes note.