Unexpectedly, his more limited circumstances open a gateway to a vaster universe of emotional exploration for him. Rostov is an unflappable man of intelligence and wit. Since Rostov has never employed a day in his life, he is forced to reside in an attic room as some of the most turbulent decades in Russian history take place outside the hotel. The count is placed under house imprisonment in the Metropol, a luxurious hotel located across the street from the Kremlin, in 1922 after being found to be an unrepentant aristocracy by a Bolshevik tribunal. With the tale of Count Alexander Rostov, A Gentleman in Moscow transports us to a different gorgeously rendered era. In the words of NPR, “Towles writes with grace and energy about the social norms and manners of a civilization on the edge of tremendous change,” readers and critics were enthralled. Amor Towles made a name for himself as a master of intellectual fiction with Rules of Civility, his bestselling debut book, which brilliantly captured the ambiance and style of late 1930s Manhattan.
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