Konstantin
Author: Bullough, Tom
ISBN: 9780670920938
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 27 Feb 2013
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
An astonishing, rich, 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.
ISBN: 9780670920938
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 27 Feb 2013
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
An astonishing, rich, 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.
