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This complete edition includes the seminal autobiographical essay Protective Charter and six key short stories from the early and mature phases of the work of Russian Nobel Prize winner Boris Pasternak: Childhood of Luvers, The Sign of Apelles, Airways, Letters from Tula, The Story of a Summer and The Tale of a Counter-Octave. All works are connected by the author's recognizable lyrical expression that blurs the line between poetry and prose.

Protective Charter provides a fascinating account of the author's philosophical and poetic maturation, while Childhood of Luvers masterfully dissects the sensitive inner world of a girl on the threshold of adulthood. The early work The Tale of a Counter-Octave thematizes a tragic obsession with organic music, while The Sign of Apelles explores the interplay of poetic illusion, rivalry and love through a fictionalized encounter with Heinrich Heine.

The dramatic Airways depicts the fate of an individual in the whirlwind of the October Revolution and the Civil War. Letters from Tula problematizes artistic truth and the moral responsibility of the creator, while The Story of One Summer examines the idea of ​​sacrifice and the social role of the artist through the experiences of the young writer Serjoža.

Combining philosophical depth and exceptional metaphoricity, this collection provides invaluable insight into the emergence of poetics that would culminate in the novel Doctor Zhivago.