The Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers

An enthralling novelette by Boris Pasternak, the author ofDr. Zhivago,The Adolescence of Zhenya Luversexplores how a thirteen-year-old girl ceases to be a child and becomes a woman in Russia just before the Communist Revolution. The story examines the world through the reminiscences of a young girl and explores such themes as nature and how we are able to shape the world around us by how we perceive it. The novelette gives readers a prime example of Pasternak’s signature style and use of poetics, imagery, and lyricism in prose.The Adolescence of Zhenya Luversis one of Pasternak’s very first stories, and it originally appeared in a collection by the same name, published in 1925.