The Attempt

Nonfiction, History, Revolutionary, Fiction & Literature, Historical, Literary
Cover of the book The Attempt by Magdaléna Platzová, Bellevue Literary Press
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Author: Magdaléna Platzová ISBN: 9781942658092
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press Publication: April 18, 2016
Imprint: Bellevue Literary Press Language: English
Author: Magdaléna Platzová
ISBN: 9781942658092
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Publication: April 18, 2016
Imprint: Bellevue Literary Press
Language: English

A finalist for the Czech Book Award, this novel parallels Occupy Wall Street with the early twentieth-century anarchist movement and is based on true story of Lithuanian Jew Alexander Berkman who immigrated to America, became the lover of Emma Goldman, was imprisoned for the attempted assassination of Pittsburg industrialist Henry C. Frick, edited Goldman’s Mother Earth magazine, and was eventually deported to the USSR where he became disillusioned with the Bolshevik revolution.

Magdaléna Platzová was inspired to write this book after witnessing the Occupy protests while living in New York. Fluent in English, she has given talks throughout the US, including recent appearances at the New Literature from Europe Festival in New York, Center for the Art of Translation in San Francisco, and the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas in Austin.

The award-winning translator Alex Zucker is renowned for his translations of Czech literature and will actively promote the book.

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A finalist for the Czech Book Award, this novel parallels Occupy Wall Street with the early twentieth-century anarchist movement and is based on true story of Lithuanian Jew Alexander Berkman who immigrated to America, became the lover of Emma Goldman, was imprisoned for the attempted assassination of Pittsburg industrialist Henry C. Frick, edited Goldman’s Mother Earth magazine, and was eventually deported to the USSR where he became disillusioned with the Bolshevik revolution.

Magdaléna Platzová was inspired to write this book after witnessing the Occupy protests while living in New York. Fluent in English, she has given talks throughout the US, including recent appearances at the New Literature from Europe Festival in New York, Center for the Art of Translation in San Francisco, and the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas in Austin.

The award-winning translator Alex Zucker is renowned for his translations of Czech literature and will actively promote the book.

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