Konstantin Tom Bullough Penguin Books Ltd

Tom Bullough\'s Konstantin is a mesmerising novel about how the imagination can inspire the individual to greatness.1867, Ryazan, a Russian city in winter. Ten-year-old Konstantin, deafened by scarlet fever, dreams of flight - escaping to Moscow, fleeing to the silent stars. And his daring visions, pregnant with humanity\'s future, will take him further than anyone could believe.Moving from wolf-infested forests to the brothels of Moscow, from village life to the wondrous Age of Steam, from appalling tragedy to the discovery of a great love, Konstantin tells the beguiling story of a man who imagined the unimaginable: turning the dream of space travel into a reality.As vivid and evocative as Hilary Mantel\'s Wolf Hall and David Mitchell\'s The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, Konstantin is a story of man, nature, and the limitless power of the imagination. Praise for Konstantin:\'Convincing, lyrical. Bullough has set Konstantin squarely before us as a living, thinking, ingenious human being\' John Banville\'Konstantin is that rare creature, the practical dreamer, a hero at the dawn of modernity. Beautifully written . . . a real achievement\' Andrew Miller, author of Pure\'Enchanting, wonderfully eloquent. A very alluring read\' Time OutTom Bullough was born in 1975 and is the author of two previous novels. He lives in Breconshire, in mid-Wales, with his wife and young son. Σελίδες: 208, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm