Pasternak Speaks

This is not a high fidelity recording: It was made in Pasternak's home on a small portable mahine. But its historical importance far outweighs any technical deficiencies. The author of Doctor Zhivago is, we think, unlikely to have been preserved on disc or tape by his own countrymem, and this record of his voice is probably the only one. A leaflet accompanying the record gives the original Russian texts of the poems "<i>Night</i>" and "<i>At The Hospital</i>". Translations of these can be found in the Poems of Boris Pasternak 1956-1959, published jointly by Wm. Collins and The Harvill Press, who have brought out the English language edition of An Essay in Autobiography. Made in England © Erik Mesterton Recorded in 1958 A, B1, B2: Spoken in Russian B3: Spoken in German B4: Spoken in French Includes black & white lamineted picture sleeve.