{"product_id":"the-attempt-9781942658085","title":"The Attempt","description":"\"\u003ci\u003eThe Attempt\u003c\/i\u003e is historical fiction at its best. Through its narrator's archival approach to his material, the book explores the intimate lives of a pair of fervent idealists, as well as a robber baron and his family. The result is a vivid, poignant narrative about political upheaval, both in the past and the present.\" --\u003cb\u003eSIRI HUSTVEDT\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Blazing World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a Czech historian becomes convinced he's the illegitimate great-grandson of an infamous anarchist who attempted an assassination while living in the United States, he travels to New York to investigate. Arriving in Manhattan during the height of the Occupy Wall Street movement, his research takes him further back into the past--from the Pittsburgh home of a nineteenth-century US industrialist to 1920s Europe, where a celebrated anarchist couple is on the run from the law. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the lives of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, \u003ci\u003eThe Attempt\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the legacy of radical politics and relationships--one that traverses centuries and continents to deliver a moving, powerful story of personal and political transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagdal na Platzov \u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books, including two novels published in English: \u003ci\u003eAaron's Leap\u003c\/i\u003e, a Lidov  Noviny Book of the Year Award finalist, and \u003ci\u003eThe Attempt\u003c\/i\u003e, a Czech Book Award finalist. Her fiction has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e. Platzov  grew up in the Czech Republic, studied in Washington, DC, and England, received her MA in Philosophy at Charles University in Prague, and has taught at New York University's Gallatin School. She is now a freelance journalist based in Lyon, France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Magdal\u0026#233;na Platzov\u0026#225;","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39991916691637,"sku":"9781942658085","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ada09fd8-cdca-474a-aa3c-521c9bb1dbde.jpg?v=1620706138","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-attempt-9781942658085","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}