{"product_id":"the-impossible-spire-joseph-malott-9798283747071","title":"The Impossible Spire: Tatlin's Dream and Revolution's Ghost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA monument never built. A revolution unraveling. A dream collapsing into steel and silence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the aftermath of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, a city trembling with both ruin and possibility becomes the crucible for one of history's boldest artistic visions: a spiraling monument of steel and glass that would outshine the Eiffel Tower and broadcast the future to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto this charged moment steps \u003cb\u003eAnya Petrova\u003c\/b\u003e, a wide-eyed provincial art student who arrives in Petrograd with hope in her heart and revolution in her blood. Swept into the orbit of the visionary-and volatile-artist \u003cb\u003eVladimir Tatlin\u003c\/b\u003e, Anya joins the team building the Tower to the Third International. Beside her are \u003cb\u003eDimitri Sokolov\u003c\/b\u003e, a battle-hardened engineer whose pragmatism collides with utopian fever, and \u003cb\u003eLev Kaminsky\u003c\/b\u003e, a sardonic fellow artist whose sharp tongue hides deeper wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending richly textured fiction with deeply researched historical chapters, \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Spire\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the rise and fall of Tatlin's Tower through alternating narratives: dramatic scenes from within the cold, chaotic workshops where ideals meet iron, and compelling accounts of the artistic, political, and technological forces that shaped (and doomed) the Tower's creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs famine grips the streets and ideology hardens into control, the Tower becomes a haunting symbol-of impossible ambition, artistic defiance, and the cost of believing in futures that may never come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpic in scope yet intimate in detail\u003c\/b\u003e, Joseph Malott's novel is a resonant exploration of the line between creation and collapse, where art, power, and humanity spiral together toward both transcendence and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A deeply moving blend of wonder and grit, imagination and rigor... This is historical fiction at its most ambitious and unforgettable.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Malott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798283747071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Joseph Malott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851058426111,"sku":"9798283747071","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-impossible-spire-joseph-malott-9798283747071","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}