A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel (Unabridged)
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- 249,00 kr
Publisher Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility, a novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel—a beautifully transporting novel.
The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers, soon to be a major television series
“Perhaps the ultimate quarantine read . . . A Gentleman in Moscow is about the importance of community; the distance of a kind act; and resilience. It's a manual for getting through the days to come.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This splashy but soulful work of historical fiction has some timeless ideas about the human condition. After the Bolshevik revolution, Russian aristocrat Count Alexander Rostov is permanently confined to his high-end Moscow hotel, not in the swanky suite he once occupied but in the janky butler’s quarters. He makes the most of his fate, forming meaningful friendships with staff and visitors alike and expounding on his philosophies concerning more or less everything under the sun. Rostov is an oddly compelling protagonist, and his reveries at turns made us laugh, cry, and seriously think. The Lincoln Highway author Amor Towles’ attention-grabbing style overflows with colour and flourish as the count wins over his companions (and us) with wit and warmth. And with his expert handle on the genial, genteel Rostov’s personality, narrator Nicholas Guy Smith made the count begin to feel like a close friend. You’ll find warmth in the coldest Russian winter with this heartfelt listen.
