OL17797130W Page_number_confidence 94.06 Pages 490 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.8 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210228103132 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 288 Scandate 20210221115653 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780670026197 Tts_version 4.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. OL26386597M Openlibrary_subject openlibrary_staff_picks Openlibrary_work 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'-Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:49:10 Boxid IA40065621 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery. 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. 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. 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.

''In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight.this book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility.'-Kirkus Reviews (starred) 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.

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