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One of the most significant works of 20th-century Russian literature, the novel follows the life of Yuri Zhivago, a physician and poet, through the dramatic events of World War I, the October Revolution, and the Russian Civil War.
This book includes Chekhov's works from 1880-1885, i.e. humoresques, short stories, and sketches, starting with Letters to a Learned Neighbor, which Chekhov considered the beginning of his literary career.
The plot follows a day in the life of the title character; a prisoner sentenced to 10 years in a gulag somewhere in the Asian part of the Soviet Union in 1951.
The selection of titles of selected high school reading offered in this way is threefold in its thematic focus, which is seen in Proust in the old world, in Sholokhov in the new life, and in Kafka in the unreliable sign of man.
"The Life of an Artist", by Ilya Gruzdev, is a biographical work that deals with the life and work of Maxim Gorky, one of the most important Russian writers and social reformers.
Boris Akunjin is the pseudonym of Grigori Chhartishvili, a Muscovite of Georgian origin. Many of his novels have been screened, including "The State Counselor" starring the famous Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov and actor Oleg Menshikov.