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A Gentleman in Moscow

byAmor Towles

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy character-driven historical fiction with rich prose and a focus on personal growth.

Topics IdentitySurvivalFriendship
MoodLight-hearted, Reflective
HumorOccasional Humor
A New York Times Readers Choice: Best Books of the 21st Century Pick The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers Now a Paramount+ with Showtime series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov From the #1 New York Times -bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two , a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.

Language

en

Published on

26/03/2019

Pages

512

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780143110439

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