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<p><b>a Magnificent New Novel That Strikingly Reimagines Fascist Italy.</b> <br><br>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, <i>la Vittoria</i>, 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&#8212;including Mussolini's Wavering Support And Loss Of Power, And The Vicissitudes Of A World War&#8211;prince Will Lose His Family, His Native Country, And Perhaps Even His Mind. <br><br>interwoven With The Story Of Amos Prince Is That Of Maximilian Shabilian, A Recent Graduate Of Yale Who Journeys To Rome To Attach 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 I

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Author

Epstein, Leslie

Publisher

New York : Handsel Books/Other Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590512500

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

4.2 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14