After 50 Years, Passions Persist Over the Publication of 'Doctor Zhivago'
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MOSCOW -- When Sergio D'Angelo arrived in Moscow this month to promote his new book -- "The Pasternak Case: Memoirs of a Witness" -- the sprightly 85-year-old Italian was immediately greeted with his first bad review.
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The Sufi mystic's message of love still reverberates on the 800th anniversary of his birth.
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A long-lost manuscript by Mark Rothko helps illuminate the philosophical underpinnings of Color Field paintings, the artist's greatest breakthrough.
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The renovated New York Hall of Science's new shows include one of the oldest (and best): "Mathematica," a show that continues to inspire wonder and persistent curiosity.
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Peter Max, the artist whose  psychedelic style embodied the wild spirit of the 1960s, still  is amazed and bemused by the impact of his works.
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A current best-seller in France, which was written shortly before its Jewish author was sent to her death in Auschwitz, has taken 62 years to be published.
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Here, revealed for the first time, are some of the secret passions of the classical music critics of The New York Times â the music they listen to when they are not listening to timeless classics.
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Thereâsa magic in the Broadway musical that seems to transcend cultural styles and circumstances and generations. Whether breaking new ground or reviving a classic
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If the history of The New Yorker could be captured in a single life, honors would likely fall to Roger Angell, who at age 85 predates the magazine itself and remains as vital as the publication he literally grew up with.
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It says something for Monteverdiâs powerful presence that 400 years of shifting musical standards have not softened his voice.
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Many women have discovered that they share an intense ambivalence, part warm and fuzzy nostalgia, part chilling discomfort, about "The Lonely Doll," first published in 1957.
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One is long, the other is longer. Two newly published translations of "War and Peace" have prompted renewed debate over the famed work by Leo Tolstoy.
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Twenty-five years after it was published, "In Search of Excellence" is one of the most widely read business books ever, but its value and the value of its successors may lie purely in its anecdotes.
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Even in death, the fascination with  Miles Davis&#39; music continues with listeners across generations  and musical styles.
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The New York Film Festival, 42 years in the running, continues to command respect as a showcase for eminent filmmakers and up-and-coming masters.
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On the 150th anniversary of the start of the Crimean War, the region's press ponders the impact of the conflict on Russian history.
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It is a story to warm the hearts of those who insist that they don't make them like they used to: the bicycle, bought in 1929 and newly retired to a museum after 76 years' continuous pedalling.