About the book: 2017 / Evgenia Vladimirovna Pasternak (Lurie) - artist, first wife of Boris Pasternak; their correspondence began in 1921 and lasted until the poet’s death in 1960. Letters from lovers, later newlyweds, young parents, separated spouses - and two equal personalities, an artist and a poet... The correspondence is supplemented by comments and memories of their son Evgeniy Borisovich and forms a coherent narrative covering almost the entire life of Boris Pasternak.