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Title:
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Gentleman in Moscow, A |
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Authors:
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Towles, Amor |
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Genre:
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Fiction |
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Pages:
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462 |
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Year:
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2016 |
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Publisher:
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Penguin Random House |
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Language:
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English |
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Description:
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If indefinite house arrest was to be your fate then Moscow's luxurious Hotel Metropol was an ideal venue. However, instead of his usual suite, Count Alexander Rostov is reduced to living in an attic room, courtesy of the Bolsheviks as punishment for being an aristocrat. In the decades that follow his 1922 sentence, he strives to rise above his circumstances and master them. Along for the journey are a collection of colourful characters, fellow wayfarers cast on the safe shores of the Hotel Metropol, a welcome refuge from the upheaval of the Russian Revolution unfolding outside its doors.
Entertaining and stylish, this is a story shaped by the indomitable spirit of an unrepentant aristocrat, rich with philosophical insights and carefully woven with modern Russian history. [small font]
Comments from BDS Reviewers:"Beautifully written with lovable characters you become very interested in."
"This is an erudite but easily read and absorbing tale. Also a good introduction to Russian history."
"Beautiful, descriptive writing."
"There is humour, romance, joy and sadness in a well-constructed book which includes many factual references bringing the story alive."
"The book has great humour and prose and the characters are very interesting."
"Lovely prose, well written and engaging."
"It leaves the reader wanting to take notes to follow-up the literary and musical references."
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Categories:
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Fiction, Historical, Political, Relationships, Social commentary/perspectives, Russia, 2019 Titles |
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