A Captive of Time: My Years with Pasternak

Collins and Harvill Press, London, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. And introduction by Max Hayward, foreword by Olga Ivinskaya, list of illustrations, two appendices, notes and comments, biographical guide, sources of quotations and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Dark red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with black, white and dark pink coloured titles to the front panel and dark pink and black coloured titles to the back strip. Black-and-white photographs of Boris Pasternak to the rear panel. For the last 14 years of Boris Pasternak's life the author was his closest companion. " ... She helped him in his work, and represented him in his dealings with publishers, the Soviet authorities, and the outside world in general. More than this, she provided the essential inspiration for him in the writing of the novel (Doctor Zhivago), serving as the prototype of its heroine, Lara." – from the front fold over panel blurb. Because of her relationship with Pasternak, Olga spent two imprisonments at a forced labour camp; it was after her return from her second imprisonment that she started writing the book. It not only gives a clear eyed view of Boris Pasternak (and his thoughts on Stalin), but also the last demented days of Stalin's maniacal rule and of the uncertainty of times that his successor Khrushchev created. A little softening of the pack strip edges with rubbing of the pop-up book corners and lower book edges. Age toning of the text block edges and pages, with some browning of the endpages. A little creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. Foxing splotches / browning to the fold over panels. This is the first edition in the English language. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XL, [3], 3 - 488 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Russia; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0002628473. ISBN/EAN: 9780002628471. Inventory No: 0125624. . 9780002628471