The eighth wonder of the world : (Record no. 11225)
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| fixed length control field | 02452cam a2200181 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1590512502 (alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781590512500 (alk. paper) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 813/.54 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Epstein, Leslie. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The eighth wonder of the world : |
| Remainder of title | a novel / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Leslie Epstein. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Handsel Books/Other Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 461 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "When Benito Mussolini announces a worldwide competition for a monument to celebrate his victory over Ethiopia, the winning design is an almost unimaginable mile-high tower, La Vittoria, created by the famed American architect, Amos Prince. In his struggle to bring this modern Babel to completion in the face of every conceivable obstacle - including Mussolini's wavering support and the vicissitudes of a world war - may well recall the agony of the great American poet, Ezra Pound, who similarly loses his family, his native country, and perhaps his mind." "Interwoven with the story of Amos Prince is that of Maximilian Shabilian, a recent graduate of Yale who journeys to Rome to apprentice himself to the world's greatest architect. As World War II progresses, Max becomes inextricably bound up with the building of the tower and with Prince's family, above all with his beautiful and mysterious daughter Aria. In the end he must choose between his devotion to his mentor and his loyalty to his fellow Jews, who are increasingly threatened by the Fascist regime in Italy. Remembering who built the pyramids in Egypt and the Arch of Titus in Rome, Max decides to use La Vittoria to protect his people. In a moment of terrible, tragic irony, the very plan that was designed to save the Jews ends up delivering them to their unspeakable fate." "In 2005 the aged Shabilian makes a fearful journey back to Italy. This epic novel, then, spans millennia, from Solomon and Sheba 3500 years ago to Mussolini, the Caesar of the Twentieth Century - a dictator who is half a posturing clown and half the menacing tyrant who, with magnetic force, determines the fate of nations. Finally, in its concluding chapter, Maximilian confronts a much more recent ruler of Italy, Berlusconi, whose grip on Italian life to this day may be far more powerful than that of any of the Caesars who came before him."--BOOK JACKET. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | NUST |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006000895.html |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
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