The Architect of Nowhere
“I’d like to offer you a pathway to the most meaningful creation ever made, but I need to know whether you have the knowledge and skills to perform it. I’ll ask you a simple question: What is the most wonderful place?”
The architect looked at Augustine with a cynical smile on his lips. “I’ll give you the answer you’re seeking regardless of my beliefs. The most wonderful place is the place I wouldn’t want to be.”
In a city ruled with an iron fist by a cunning tyrant who suppresses his citizens through the most bizarre and innovative construction projects, a young and revolutionary architect finds himself at the center of a political storm of rebellion and betrayal.
Secluded in his apartment, deeply absorbed in his craft, the architect is approached by a daring philosopher who invites him on a journey to the “Place Without a Name,” where he will have the opportunity to design the structure of his dreams.
The architect refuses. The philosopher refuses to accept the refusal.
And so, the journey begins.
In his thought-provoking and profound debut novel, author and architect Ido Peleg invites readers on a spiritual and intellectual adventure into the hidden world of architecture, revealing how creativity grapples with tyranny, and how art forms the foundation for tomorrow’s revolution.