A gentleman in Moscow
(Book)
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Published
New York : Viking, [2016].
ISBN
9780670026197, 0670026190, 9780735221673, 0735221677
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Published
New York : Viking, [2016].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
462 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780670026197, 0670026190, 9780735221673, 0735221677
UPC
40026532325
Notes
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility--a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel With his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor Towles established himself as a master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction, bringing late 1930s Manhattan to life with splendid atmosphere and a flawless command of style. Readers and critics were enchanted; as NPR commented, "Towles writes with grace and verve about the mores and manners of a society on the cusp of radical change." A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count 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 a doorway 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"--,Provided by publisher.
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The New York Times Best Seller List.
Awards
Kirkus Prize Finalist for Fiction, 2016
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Towles, A. (2016). A gentleman in Moscow . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Towles, Amor. 2016. A Gentleman in Moscow. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Towles, Amor. A Gentleman in Moscow Viking, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Towles, Amor. A Gentleman in Moscow Viking, 2016.
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