{"product_id":"konstantin-book-tom-bullough-9780670920938","title":"Konstantin","description":"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 Out  Tom 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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49547868209425,"sku":"GOR004990917","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50697166160145,"sku":"NGR9780670920938","price":18.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51764659323153,"sku":"GOR005519391","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0670920932.jpg?v=1751437808","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/konstantin-book-tom-bullough-9780670920938","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}