Ein gentleman in moskau by amor towles. Amor towles born 1964 is an american novelist. The book tells the story of count alexander rostov an unrepentant aristocrat according to the bolshevik tribunal that sentences him to house arrest in the metropol a grand hotel across the street from the kremlin. Entering a hotel in geneva switzerland for an annual investment conference some years ago amor towles suddenly envisioned the premise for his inventive entertaining and richly textured second novel a gentleman in moscow. Melinda and i sometimes read the same book at the same time.
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. Amor towles liked an answer from amor towles. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Ein gentleman in moskau.
A gentleman in moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of count alexander rostov. Towles was born and raised in boston massachusetts. A gentleman in moscow towles second novel to be published this september again by viking. 9780099558781 from amazons book store.
Buy a gentleman in moscow. At one point i got teary eyed because one of the characters gets hurt and must go to the hospital. He is best known for his bestselling novels rules of civility 2011 and a gentleman in moscow 2016. In english from stanford university where he was a scowcroft fellow.
He graduated from yale college and received an ma. 9783471351468 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Roman towles amor hobel susanne isbn. Read bookpages recent profile of amor towles and his new novel a gentleman in moscow here.