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Sep 20Liked by Megha Lillywhite

"The most intriguing thing missing from this book was, of course, God."

It was written in the Soviet Union and Pasternak tried to have it published there. Mentioning God would have doomed the novel to not being published. The Soviet publishers still refused to publish it.

I have a copy of the book within arms reach as I type this. Maybe I will read it next.

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