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An entrancing avant-garde adventure at the dawn of the modern age In 1909, municipal authorities built an airfield in northern Italy and invited leading pilots to compete on it. The show attracted thousands of spectators--among them Giacomo Puccini and Gabriele d'Annunzio--and reporters,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Franz Kafka: Add a description of this character.
- D'annunzio
- Bleriot
- Glenn Curtiss
- Max Brod
- Henri Rougier
- Wilbur Wright
- Doria
- Moncher
- Otto Brod
- Anzani
- Arnold Beer
- Cobianchi
- Della Sera
- Mercanti
- Barzini
- Mario Calderara
- Mussolini
- Leblanc
- Felice
- Hubert Latham
- Riva
- Conte Oldofredi
- Lilienthal
- Savoia
- Isabella
- Wiener Neustadt
- Marinetti
- Bkriot
- Paolo Tarsis
- Gracchus
- Trento
Setting & Locations edit
- Brescia
- Prague
- Italy
- France
- Rheims
- Paris
- Vienna
- Berlin
- Rome
- Verona
- Turin
- United States
- London
- Germany
- Austria
- Venice
- England
- Channel
- Mantua
- Milan
- Lake Garda
- Castenedolo
- Bohemia
- Montichiari
- Trieste
- New York
- Europe
- Bologna
- Centocelle
- Theresienstadt
- America
- Cagno
- Budapest
First Sentence edit
IN LATE AUGUST 1909, three Prague friends in their twenties, and of more or less similar literary and artistic interests, thought of going together on a brief vacation.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Peter Demetz (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0374102597
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0374102597
Page Count: 272
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