Doctor Zhivago and Other Prose

“Doesn"t the gap between prose and poetry? Pasternak has no this abyss. He united poetry and prose as a single art of word, ”said Academician D.S. Likhachev. Stunning metaphorism, vivid images and piercing spirituality - these are the distinctive features of the work of Boris Pasternak. His works continue the traditions of Russian and world classics, but at the same time organically combine them with the achievements of the literature of the Silver Age and the avant -garde. In 1958, Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature For significant achievements in modern lyrical poetry, as well as for the continuation of the traditions of the great Russian epic novel. For compatriots, the award of the prize was firmly connected with the novel “Dr. Zhivago”, published abroad. The political scandal caused by these events, perhaps, cost the writer of life. In addition to the novel “Dr. Zhivago”, the novel “Apellesov Damn” (1918), “Childhood” (1922), “Air Roads” (1924), “Protective Great” (1931), “People and Provisions” were included in the real publication (1956), revealing the unique talent of Pasternak-prose