pp456; Signet Y4058; 451-Y4058-125; aged paperback in acceptable condition; clean pages; crease spine with edge rubbing-torn at the bottom; edgewear; red printers ink on the edges; back cover has a slight creaseThis is the story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Zhivago's love for the tender and beautiful Lara, the very embodiment of the pain and chaos of those cataclysmic times.