
A gentleman in Moscow / Amor Towles.
Available copies
- 21 of 22 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.
Current holds
3 current holds with 22 total copies.
Summary:
When, in 1922, Count Alexander Rostov 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. 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 a doorway 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.View other formats and editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Age Hold Protection | Active/Create Date | Status | Due Date |
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Hood River County Library | FIC TOWLES (Text) | 33892100613505 | Adult Fiction | Book | None | 04/13/2018 | Available | - |
Record details
- ISBN: 9780670026197
- ISBN: 0670026190
- ISBN: 9780735221673 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 462 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | When, in 1922, Count Alexander Rostov 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. 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 a doorway 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. --adapted from dust jacket. |
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