{"product_id":"the-attempt-9781942658085","title":"The Attempt","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagdal?na Platzov?\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books, including three novels published in English: \u003ci\u003eAaron's Leap\u003c\/i\u003e, a Lidov? Noviny Book of the Year Award finalist, \u003ci\u003eThe Attempt\u003c\/i\u003e, longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and a Czech Book Award finalist, and \u003ci\u003eLife After Kafka\u003c\/i\u003e, a Magnesia Litera 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 based in Lyon, France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bellevue Literary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874095272210,"sku":"9781942658085","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb5108c6-79a7-434d-a4b3-4d3dc1c64767.jpg?v=1737982837","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-attempt-9781942658085","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}