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A Gentleman in Moscow A Novel Hardcover - 2016 - 1st Edition

by Towles, Amor

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New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2016. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670026190 . Remainder dot. Small nick to dust jacket ; Full number line. ; Remainder; 480 pages .
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Details

  • Title A Gentleman in Moscow A Novel
  • Author Towles, Amor
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition First Edition; First Printing
  • Condition Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Viking, New York
  • Date 2016
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 40804
  • ISBN 9780670026197 / 0670026190
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.7 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 4.32 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Self-realization
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016030082
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

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.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.

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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.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/2016, Page 41
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/2016, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 01/01/0001, Page 89
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 04/15/2016, Page 64
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/11/2016, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 09/06/2016, Page 0

About the author

Amor Towles is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, and The Lincoln Highway. The three novels have collectively sold millions of copies and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.

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