{"product_id":"the-attempt-paperback","title":"The Attempt - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMagdaléna Platzová\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlex Zucker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom an assassination attempt by early anarchists to Occupy Wall Street, a novel of radical lives and loves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagdaléna Platzová\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books, including two novels published in English: \u003ci\u003eAaron's Leap\u003c\/i\u003e, a Lidové 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. Platzová 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700509872191,"sku":"9781942658085","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2ab522a2657cac32a00866ed65f4d765.webp?v=1765017021","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-attempt-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}