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Vsemirno izvestnoe imi͡a, kotoroe avtor vynes v zagolovok svoego romana, mnogoe govorit chitateli͡u o soderzhanii knigi: kto ne znaet Ėĭfelevu bashni͡u, simvol Parizha? Odnako malo komu izvestno, s kakimi prepi͡atstvii͡ami stolknulsi͡a ee sozdatelʹ - snachala oderzhav trudnui͡u pobedu v zhestokom konkurse proektov luchshikh inzhenerov i arkhitektorov, a zatem postaviv na kartu vse svoe sostoi͡anie, chtoby voplotitʹ zamysel v zhiznʹ, vopreki mnogochislennym protestam znamenitykh li͡udeĭ. No i ėto eshche ne vsë: radi stroitelʹstva bashni Ėĭfeli͡u prishlosʹ pozhertvovatʹ li͡ubovʹi͡u vseĭ svoeĭ zhizni. Obo vsem ėtom rasskazyvaet vyshedshiĭ na ėkrany v 2021 godu khudozhestvennyĭ filʹm, po motivam kotorogo napisana ėta kniga.'My, pisateli, khudozhniki, skulʹptory, arkhitektory, gori͡achie poklonniki neoposhlennoĭ dosele krasoty Parizha, samym reshitelʹnym obrazom, s vozmushcheniem vyskazyvaemsi͡a, vo imi͡a poprannogo frant͡suzskogo vkusa, vo imi͡a frant͡suzskogo iskusstva i nasheĭ slavnoĭ istorii, protiv vozvedenii͡a v samom serdt͡se nasheĭ stolit͡sy chudovishchno bezvkusnoĭ i bespoleznoĭ bashni g-na Ėĭfeli͡a…'Takui͡u gnevnui͡u petit͡sii͡u desi͡atki znamenitykh dei͡ateleĭ iskusstva i kulʹtury Frant͡sii - Di͡uma, Si͡ulli-Pri͡udom, Mopassan, Lekont de Lillʹ, Guno i mnogie drugie napravili v 1887 godu administrat͡sii Parizha v znak protesta protiv vozvedenii͡a ėtoĭ 'gigantskoĭ, chernoĭ zavodskoĭ truby'. Odnako bashni͡a, pozzhe poluchivshai͡a imi͡a svoego sozdateli͡a, inzhenera Gi͡ustava Ėĭfeli͡a, vozneslasʹ nad Parizhem i so vremeni Vsemirnoĭ vystavki 1889 goda naveki stala ego simvolom.Zakhvatyvai͡ushchai͡a istorii͡a ee sozdanii͡a tesno spletena s istorieĭ zhizni samogo Ėĭfeli͡a, v kotoroĭ isstuplennai͡a rabota neotdelima ot isstuplennoĭ li͡ubvi k zhenshchine po imeni Adrienna. I nesluchaĭno siluėt bashni tak napominaet pervui͡u bukvu imeni ego vozli͡ublennoĭ.…

The world-famous name that the author put in the title of his novel tells the reader a lot about the content of the book: who does not know the Eiffel Tower, the symbol of Paris? However, few people know what obstacles its creator faced - first winning a difficult victory in a fierce competition for the best engineers and architects, and then putting his entire fortune on the line to bring the idea to life, despite the numerous protests of famous people. But that's not all: for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, he had to sacrifice the love of his life. All this is told by the feature film released in 2021, based on which this book is written."We, writers, artists, sculptors, architects, ardent fans of the hitherto unpolluted beauty of Paris, speak out in the most resolute way, with indignation, in the name of trampled French taste, in the name of French art and our glorious history, against the construction of a monstrously tasteless and useless Monsieur Eiffel tower in the heart of our capital..."Dozens of famous figures of art and culture of France - Dumas, Sully-Prudhomme, Maupassant, Leconte de Lille, Gounod and many others sent such an angry petition in 1887 to the administration of Paris in protest against the construction of this "giant, black factory pipe". However, the tower, which later received the name of its creator, engineer Gustave Eiffel, rose above Paris and since the 1889 World's Fair has become its symbol forever.The fascinating story of its creation is closely intertwined with the life story of Eiffel himself, in which the frenzied work is inseparable from the frenzied love for a woman named Adrienne. And it is no coincidence that the silhouette of the tower so resembles the first letter of his beloved's name.…