New Releases by Amor Towles

A collectible tenth-anniversary edition of a modern classic that has captivated millions This deluxe hardcover edition of A Gentleman in Moscow includes: A limited edition jacket with foil and embossing Beautifully designed and stenciled edges Illustrated endpapers 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. A New York Times Readers’ Choice Best Book of the Twenty-First Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century • Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Miami Herald

À New York, chaque coin de rue peut devenir le théâtre d’un tête-à-tête inoubliable. Dans ces six nouvelles, véritables tableaux ciselés avec précision et élégance, des proches et de parfaits inconnus se frôlent, se parlent ou s’évitent à l’heure où la ville ralentit – un peu – pour se mettre à table. Un paysan russe qui rêve d’Amérique, un aspirant écrivain converti en faussaire littéraire, une jeune femme qui prend son beau-père en filature, un homme bloqué dans un aéroport avec un aimable compagnon d’infortune, un historien de l’art manipulateur... Sous la plume délicieusement ironique d’Amor Towles, New York, ville d’ambitions démesurées, d’illusions et de faux-semblants, devient un décor intime où les existences vacillent et s’éclairent au détour d’une simple conversation. Autour d’une table pour deux, les dialogues dessinent les trajectoires, les renoncements et les possibles d’une vie. Une chaise tirée, un mot en trop ou un silence, et tout peut basculer – ou se dévoiler.

以《上流法則》、《莫斯科紳士》、《林肯公路》暢銷全球300萬冊的 亞莫爾．托歐斯 最新小說集 餐桌旁的一段話，可能就是命運的預言。 托歐斯以他一貫的機智與優雅，寫下這些命運交錯的瞬間。 如果只能帶一本書去度假，那就選這本！——《泰晤士報》 ◎全球銷量破200,000冊，已授權超過 20 國語言版本 ◎亞馬遜書店 2024年最佳圖書 ◎美國全國公共廣播電台2024年最愛小說 ◎《紐約時報書評》Podcast、《讀者文摘》、《時代》雜誌等多家媒體選為2024年度最期待讀物 ◆ 本書收錄他在十年來創作的六個短篇與一個中篇，六則發生於紐約的故事，以及一篇延續《上流法則》重要角色伊芙．羅思的中篇小說。他一向擅長描寫意料之外的各種機遇，這次的故事風格融合了托歐斯一貫的機智、懷舊與深刻洞察，以睿智、幽默與成熟的優美筆調，描寫人與人之間交會的精彩火花、人際關係中的微妙轉折、命運邂逅的偶然與必然，以及黃金年代電影工業的光與影。 不管是把排隊藝術發揮到極致的俄羅斯農民，有偽造作家簽名天賦卻寫不出作品的小說家，還是每週六下午祕密外出、被妻子懷疑不忠的模範丈夫，正如《金融時報》所言：「在托歐斯筆下，過氣演員、狡詐富豪、老派貴族……每一位角色都令人難忘。」 書裡大多數故事都涉及陌生人或家庭成員之間命運攸關的互動，無論是人與人之間短暫的相遇所導致的巨大後果，或是現代婚姻中的微妙妥協，托歐斯都用他饒富哲學性的智慧口吻，呈現其對世情的犀利洞察與悲憫包容。精彩的人物刻畫、豐富而充滿想像力的細節，亞莫爾．托歐斯再度發揮說故事的功力，讓讀者彷彿親身造訪書中的世界。 ‧‧‧ 〈排隊〉：從沒想過改變境遇的人，卻無意間改變了自己的人生 純樸的俄羅斯農民普希金，一九一八年在妻子敦促下，搬到革命之後的莫斯科，能幹的妻子在工廠裡如魚得水，他卻遭到開除，只好在妻子指示下，每天負責去排隊領配給的麵包、牛奶和糖。沒想到，他竟然藉由排隊發展出自己的小小事業…… 〈提摩西．圖榭特之歌〉：他羨慕別人活得精彩，沒想到自己早已走進故事的中心 提摩西．圖榭特從小的目標就是當個知名的小說家，他一邊在餐廳打工、一邊在圖書館研究前輩作家的作品。某天，有個二手書商邀他到書店工作，意外發現了他有模仿大師級作家簽名的天分，於是要他偽造已故名作家的簽名在初版書上。這計畫一開始頗為成功，直到作家保羅・奧斯特拜訪書店，發現兩本自己作品的偽簽名…… 〈後會有期〉：人們的行為從不單純，而真正的故事，從不寫在臉上 「你困在機場，遇見一個友善的大塊頭，最後你們一起待在酒吧。你不知道這有什麼不對。你怎麼可能知道？可是你讓精靈從瓶子裡跑出來了，是那種會騙人的精靈……」 兩名因為壞天氣滯留在機場的旅客，在共乘一趟計程車後，卻迎來天翻地覆的夜晚。 〈我會活下去〉：維繫婚姻有時需要的不是誠實，而是謊言 「充滿懷疑的婚姻不會幸福，但是澄清懷疑，真的會比讓懷疑揮之不去好嗎？」 妮爾的繼父約翰堪稱模範丈夫，有天母親卻對她傾訴說自己懷疑老公不忠，並要求她幫忙弄清楚約翰的行蹤。妮爾在週六下午跟蹤繼父來到中央公園後，卻發現母親和約翰婚姻裡不為人之的一面…… 〈盜錄者〉：正義不是嚴苛的審判，而是懂得寬容的選擇 湯米和瑪麗在卡內基音樂廳看演出時，發現隔壁的老人竟然拿著麥克風在盜錄音樂，氣憤的湯米當場請保全將他趕走，但之後卻懊悔萬分，因為得知那人是為了因病無法親臨現場的妻子而錄下每場音樂會。湯米費盡千辛萬苦找到老人家裡，想要鄭重道歉，卻聽到了一席讓他終身難忘的話…… 〈迪多梅尼柯碎片〉：再精密的計劃，也敵不過際遇的輕輕一推 史金納家族代代相傳一幅文藝復興時期大師迪多梅尼柯的畫作，隨著財產分配給眾多後代子孫，這幅畫作分割成許多小塊。某天有位藝術掮客找上珀西瓦．史金納，想要收購他手上的畫作，為了獲取佣金，他將主意打到堂弟手上那塊畫作上。曾在蘇富比任職的珀西瓦費了一番功夫快要打動堂弟一家時，卻發現有人捷足先登了…… 〈伊芙在好萊塢〉：每個看似微不足道的片刻，其實都是命運早有預謀的鋪陳 《上流法則》裡聰明漂亮、大膽機智的伊芙，離開紐約後，心血來潮來到30年代末的好萊塢。為了幫女明星朋友索回遭偷拍的照片，她和退休警探、過氣老男星與夢想當特技演員的飯店司機，聯手智取貪婪的壞蛋。故事充滿雙面詭計、刺激追逐與歷史氛圍。 【作者的話】 「當我完成這本作品集時，我發現大多數故事中的關鍵時刻，都是兩位家人或陌生人對坐在餐桌，共同面對生活中新的現實情況。雖然我在寫作時並未有意識地設計，但這可能源自於我潛意識中的信念：我們的生活常常因為一場兩人之間的對話而產生重大變化。」 u200b 因此，書名《雙人餐桌》象徵著這些親密對話的場景，強調人際互動中微妙而深刻的轉變。u200b 【全書特色】 ◎托歐斯第一本小說集。每個短篇都像一道精緻料理，這些珠機之作比長篇小說輕盈許多，卻依然引人入勝，趣味十足，證明他是位長、短篇小說都能駕馭的高手。 ◎延續其出道作《上流法則》裡重要角色伊芙．羅思的故事，以黑色犯罪電影風格，重溫上世紀30年代末的好萊塢世界。

Korean edition of [Table for Two] by Amor Towles. A New York Times Bestseller. Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. Korean edition translated by Seung Wuk Kim.

“É capaz de ser o melhor livro de Towles até agora. Cada uma das histórias deixa-nos deliciados como o prato principal de um grande chef; repletas de drama, inteligência, erudição e, acima de tudo, coração.” — Los Angeles Times É com Pushkin que começa este livro – não o famoso escritor, mas antes um camponês, também ele “uma espécie de poeta”, que por amor à mulher (uma deslumbrada comunista) se muda para Moscovo em 1918. Na grande metrópole, descobre os limites da revolução proletária (é despedido num ápice) e o rosto da nova Rússia: falta tudo, o pão, o leite, os medicamentos... Sem desanimar, encontra um novo afazer, guardar lugar nas filas. E é graças ao seu talento que, após várias peripécias, acaba por partir para Nova Iorque no fim de 1929. Nada é inocente na escrita de Amor Towles. O facto de a primeira história começar na Rússia e acabar nos Estados Unidos estabelece a ponte entre este livro e os dois primeiros romances do autor: As Regras da Cortesia (Nova Iorque, anos 30) e Um Gentleman em Moscovo (que arranca no despontar da União Soviética). Estabelece ainda outro paralelo. As cinco histórias que se seguem, embora ambientadas em Manhattan, são herdeiras de Gogol, Tchékov ou até Pushkin, eivadas pela mesma deriva moral, pelo existencialismo, a duplicidade, o vício, o amor ao belo. É também este universo que o autor transporta para o breve romance que encerra este livro: Eve em Hollywood. Aqui, Amor Towles recupera uma das suas grandes criações, Evelyn Ross, que perdêramos de vista em As Regras da Cortesia. A personagem, de estonteante beleza, rasgada por uma profunda cicatriz, reaparece agora em Los Angeles, em 1938. E com ela redescobrimos o noir americano, pisamos o terreno antes trilhado por Chandler – não na pista de um crime, mas como investigadores dos profundos recessos da alma humana. Mesa Para Dois é isto, seis contos e uma novela que nos devolvem um dos mais extraordinários escritores americanos contemporâneos, no auge do seu talento narrativo.

En läsfest för alla som älskade "En gentleman i Moskva". I ett pärlband av berättelser och med sin sedvanliga humor, skärpa och karakteristiska stil skildrar Amor Towles hur vi bedrar oss själva - och varandra. I samlingens sex noveller förflyttas läsaren till New York. En aspirerande författare visar sig framför allt ha en talang för andra författares namnteckningar, och dras in i en bedrägerihärva. På Manhattan blir en ung kvinna ombedd av sin mamma att spionera på sin styvfar för att avslöja en otrohetsaffär, men det hon upptäcker är något ingen kunde ana. En affärsresenär blir insnöad på LaGuardia och gör en bekantskap som tar en oförutsedd vändning efter en blöt kväll i en hotellbar. I samlingen ryms även en kortroman, där vi får möta den oförglömliga Evelyn Ross, som lämnar New York 1938 för att söka lyckan i Los Angeles. En berättelse med noirstråk, som tar läsaren på en resa genom filmkulisser, kaliforniska bungalows och barer i neonljus, i guldålderns Hollywood.

“A diverse and glorious selection . . . a gift of imagination, wit, and wonder. The collection is filled with miniature masterpieces. . . . This must-have anthology is a treasure trove not to be missed.” —Library Journal (starred review) The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by Kate DiCamillo, Jess Walter, Dave Eggers, Allegra Goodman, Jai Chakrabarti, Francisco Gonzalez, and more. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year''s edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Amor Towles has brought his own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Towles, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. THE WINNING STORIES “Roy,” Emma Binder “The Soccer Balls of Mr. Kurz,” Michele Mari (translated from the Italian by Brian Robert Moore) “Orphans,” Brad Felver “The Home Visit,” Morris Collins “The Import,” Jai Chakrabarti “Didi,” Amber Caron “Serranos,” Francisco González “Hiding Spot,” Caroline Kim “Junior,” Katherine D. Stutzman “My Good Friend,” Juliana Leite (translated from the Portuguese by Zoë Perry) "The Castle of Rose Tellin,” Kate DiCamillo "Rain,” Colin Barrett “Marital Problems,” Robin Romm “The Last Grownup,” Allegra Goodman “The Honor of Your Presence,” Dave Eggers “The Paper Artist,” E. K. Ota “The Room-Service Waiter,” Tom Crewe “Seeing Through Maps,” Madeline ffitch “The Dark,” Jess Walter “Mobilization,” Allegra Hyde

Evelyn Ross avrebbe dovuto prendere il treno per Chicago ma, come ben sanno i lettori della Buona società, ha proseguito la corsa fino a Hollywood. Sei mesi dopo, appare in una fotografia su una rivista di gossip mentre esce dal Tropicana Club di Los Angeles al braccio di Olivia de Havilland. In questa catena di sette storie ricche di dettagli e di atmosfera, ciascuna raccontata da una prospettiva diversa, Towles dipana gli eventi che portano Eve nel cuore della vecchia Hollywood. Partendo dal vagone ristorante del Golden State Limited nel settembre del 1938, seguiamo Eve nelle eleganti stanze del Beverly Hills Hotel, ai favolosi tavoli di Antonio’s, nei parchi divertimento sui moli di Santa Monica, nei locali da ballo afro-cubani di Central Avenue e infine sul set di Via col vento. Tratteggiando con abilità il glamour e la sfavillante epoca d''oro dello studio system, Towles introduce in ogni storia un nuovo, memorabile personaggio il cui destino viene stravolto dall''incontro con Eve.

假如我們只會愛上最適合自己的人， 愛情又怎會讓人心碎神傷？ ★ 美國《華爾街日報》2011年十大好書、英國《泰晤士報》嚴選好書 ★ 2012年榮獲法國費茲傑羅文學獎 ★ 美國企鵝集團旗下維京出版社，以百萬美金天價搶下的新人處女作 ★ 高踞美國書商協會暢銷榜（46週）、洛杉磯時報暢銷榜（42週）、紐約時報暢銷榜（12週）、出版者週刊暢銷榜（7週）、今日美國暢銷榜（6週） ★ 美國Amazon書店暢銷小說，賣出芬、法、德、荷、義、西等15國語文 我們的選擇決定了我們的身分定位 而所謂正確的選擇，其實只是生命的玩笑， 它總是讓你覺得失去的比得到的多 一封寫給紐約的情書，一個追索自我價值的永恆課題 李根芳（師大翻譯所教授）、陳雨航（作家）、黃宗慧（台大外文系教授）、黃麗群（作家）、鍾文音（作家） 好評推薦 所謂遺憾，就是在你擁有一切之後，心底還是會偷偷念著的那個名字 三十年後，當我轉身背對現時千錘百煉而來的圓滿，轉而去搜尋已逝的那一年間甜美的無常，才發現隨著時間過去，當年所有偶然的邂逅、所有不經意的決定，都變得有些命中註定的味道…… ＊ ＊ ＊ 紐約，一切不可企及之物的總和，一座機遇與希望的夢想之城，它讓人欣喜迷醉，也讓人悔恨失落。三○年末的紐約，經濟大蕭條剛過，二戰的威脅未到，正是一個生氣蓬勃、充滿爵士、醇酒、晚宴的年代。 25歲的祕書愷蒂，是個聰明冷靜、博學多聞、企圖心十足的窮女孩，在1937年最後一夜，她與室友伊芙在格林威治的爵士酒吧裡，結識了一位年輕又迷人的銀行家錫哥．古瑞。這場邂逅帶領愷蒂踏入曼哈頓令人目眩神迷的上層階級，開啟了她一整年充滿驚奇與瘋狂的際遇。 她在此結識了一幫或天真或精明或憤世或野心勃勃的人，經歷了上流社會所謂的富裕與地位，發現表象下的爭鬥、嫉妒、背叛與慾望，嘗到了愛情的苦澀與錯失，也領略到當生命將選擇攤在你面前，讓你可以改變境遇、性格、軌道，那是上帝的恩賜，而且不會沒有代價。 《上流法則》的文字優美且動人，藉由機智的話語和個性鮮明的角色，探討了愛情與友誼，階級與金錢，理想與妥協，以及選擇與命運。全書像是一封寫給紐約的情書，這個城市好壞皆有之，理想貪腐也皆有之。有人在此妥協於生活，有人掌握了自由，有人獻身給理想，有人屈服於欲望；有人贏得了地位與財富，有人贏得了內心的平靜與快樂。不可抹滅的是，從那年代流傳至今，紐約的燦爛輝煌。作者藉由小說細數紐約曾有的繁華與閃耀氛圍，重新建構卡波提、費茲傑羅年代的優雅風華。 【媒體評論】 ◎ 爵士時代年輕男女的紐約夢。――陳雨航（作家） ◎ 紐約舊時光撞上熱騰騰的青春，女孩與男孩的愛情較勁，細膩描述上流生活裡的虛無與衝撞，猶如是紐約的惶然錄，杯影喧囂中，浮顯無盡的孤獨感。角色深邃迷人，遊走紐約繁華各有掙扎，城市成了人生景幕，就像曼哈頓中城入夜的無盡燈海，迷離而清醒，寫出了一整個時代的愛情與城市風月，讓人愛不釋手，就像在舊照片裡指認了過去幽魂，讀來酣暢卻又有著淡淡青春的哀愁。――鍾文音（作家） ◎ 很好看，聰明、機智、迷人，有如小說中的苦艾馬丁尼。――大衛．尼克斯（David Nicholls），暢銷小說《真愛挑日子》（One Day ）作者 ◎ 最好的小說要能帶你完全進入另一個時空，這本出色的處女作正是如此，有著機智，智慧，豐富的語言，托歐斯引你認識一群難忘的一九三八紐約客，他們充滿驚喜、引人入勝，如此改變了本書的女主角。――J．科特妮．蘇利文，小說《Maine》作者 ◎《上流法則》是本有著迷人深度的小說。托歐斯在第一本作品裡，於人物發展上展現出獨特才能，不管是在主要角色身上揭露新鮮的洞察，抑或是喚出次要人物的內心世界。托歐斯對於人性動態的掌握，毫無遲疑之處。――加州文學評論（California Literary Review ） ◎ 這是一部觀察入微的故事，描繪一位來自布魯克林、充滿企圖心的年輕祕書，在三○年代晚期的曼哈頓結識一幫上流階級聰明年輕人，迷人地召喚出格林威治的爵士場，華爾街咖啡館，曼哈頓中城的香檳酒吧，下東城的地下酒吧等具社交魔力的機運。――《紐約時報》書評（The New York Times Book Review） ◎ 明快而帶有黑色電影風格，托歐斯在這部時代散文中，描繪了一座城市複雜的人際關係，既是文化熔爐，又是菁英的小圈圈――還有徹底現代派的女主角在其中力爭一席之地，無所畏懼。――《歐普拉雜誌》（The Oprah Magazine ） ◎ 極佳的初試啼聲之作……托歐斯探討了幾個重要的主題，包括愛情與階級，運氣與命運的邂逅，正是伊迪絲．華頓小說中的動力。――芝加哥論壇報（The Chicago Tribune ） ◎ 非常成功的處女作……值得稱讚的是敘事強而有力，角色原創新穎，筆調受到費茲傑羅與卡波提的影響，卻又忠於本色。――出版人週刊（Publishers Weekly ） ◎《上流法則》的強處在於尖銳辛辣、自信老練地召喚了三○年代末期的曼哈頓。――華爾街日報（Wall Street Journal ） ◎ 十分亮眼……充滿瀟灑俐落的對話、一針見血的評論，還有栩栩如生的角色陣容……托歐斯描寫一個瀕臨遽變的社會，寫其中的特色民情，優雅有之，氣魄有之。――全國公共廣播電台（NPR.org） ◎《上流法則》吸引讀者探索愛與把握時機，探索友誼與背叛，階級與金錢，全都在精彩的對話和緊湊情節中鋪展開來……文字風格如此豐富，可以從戲謔突然變為尖銳，讓讀者不得不緩下來，細細品嘗每一個句子。――克利夫蘭誠報（The Cleveland Plain Dealer ） ◎ 放一張比莉．哈樂黛，倒一杯苦艾馬丁尼，遁入愷蒂．康騰充滿波折的人生……（托歐斯）對筆下這個特權小圈子瞭若指掌，也清楚身處其中那些個性鮮明、有時不顧一切的角色。――時人雜誌（People ） ◎ 再怎麼煩膩厭倦的紐約人，都可以看出亞莫爾．托歐斯小說《上流法則》的美，這本小說就像一幅仿古肖像畫，描繪一個非真實的上流人物如何充分利用曼哈頓。――舊金山紀事報（The San Francisco Chronicle） ◎ 最有趣的是看托歐斯如何設計故事的明暗色調，他描繪出現今文化中少見的時代地景……此外，（男性）作者對第一人稱強悍女性之聲的掌握，也令人印象深刻。――今日美國報（USA Today ） ◎ 簡單說就是寫得太棒了……真正創造力十足、精彩而與眾不同的一本書――成功讓人感覺返回亨利．詹姆斯年代，用老練成熟的文句支撐完整成形的思考，而且令人耳目一新……（托歐斯）不像初出茅廬的小說家，簡直像是出版第十本作品了。――水牛城新聞報（The Buffalo News ） ◎《上流法則》裡的人物大概沒有一個是表面上看起來那麼簡單，而且他們彼此誤讀――我們也誤讀了他們――如此演成了一場有趣的舞蹈……托歐斯對語言有一套迷人的辦法，而且聰明靈巧，筆下的角色很少見，既有說服力，又使讀者驚喜。――聖彼得堡時報（St. Petersburg Times ） ◎ 傑出佳作……托歐斯的表現精彩萬分，針對女性、階級、「最偉大世代」的美國夢，發出打動人心的觀點。他致力於打造一九三○年代紐約真實完整的圖像，在愷蒂的故事裡埋下無數豐富的細節――曖昧的，歷史的，幽默的――就連最不起眼的角色和地點都有其深度。――The Daily電子報 ◎ 一半愛情故事，一半社會觀察，百分之百引人入勝。――Redbook雜誌 ◎ 令人想起每一部傑出的紐約電影和小說……這是一則你會相信的故事，有血有肉，還有精彩的時代細節。――衛報（倫敦） ◎《上流法則》最突出的特色就是緊湊的節奏和那股無法抗拒的衝力……愷蒂是非常有趣的敘事者，憑她本身的魅力，也是令人難忘的角色。――電訊報（倫敦） ◎ 亞莫爾．托歐斯的處女作如此自信、成熟，讓你以為他寫作已有數十年……我們很容易可以想像，托歐斯這兩位令人難忘的女主角，出沒在雪梨、上海、柏林街頭。――雪梨晨鋒報

A New York Times Bestseller “This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef’s main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —Los Angeles Times “The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath his coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv, the bait and switch; we see the flash of light before the shock wave strikes, often in the final sentence. . . . Table for Two delivers the kick of a martini served in the Polo Lounge.” – The New York Times Book Review Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. Told from seven points of view, “Eve in Hollywood” describes how one of Towles’s most beloved characters, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility, crafts a new future for herself—and others—in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles. Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting fiction.

Autorul bestsellerului Un gentleman la Moscova „O evocare superbă, strălucitoare a Manhattan-ului anilor ’30.“ The Wall Street Journal Un roman tradus în 20 de limbi și iubit de peste un milion de cititori din întreaga lume. În ultima noapte a anului 1937, Katey Kontent este într-un bar de jazz din Greenwich Village, când Tinker Grey, un bancher foarte atrăgător, se așază la masa învecinată. Această întâlnire întâmplătoare o propulsează pe tânăra de douăzeci și cinci de ani pe orbita înaltei societăți new yorkeze, unde va încerca, pe parcursul unui an, să-și câștige locul. Romanul descrie spectaculos atmosfera din New York după Marea Criză Economică, un moment de strălucire și decadență în care diferențele de clasă socială devin extrem de pregnante. În paginile lui Towles prind viață personaje mondene, sofisticate, care ne poartă din Greenwhich Village în Manhattan, din galerii de artă în bodegi boeme, în căutarea prestigiului și a faimei. „Parcă vezi un film alb-negru, cu Manhattan-ul în epoca lui de glorie. Personajele lui Towles sunt americani tineri, în vremuri complicate, care încearcă să-și ducă viețile într-un mod autentic.“ The New York Times Book Review „Am vârât mâna în buzunarul din sacoul lui Dicky și am găsit prinse cu o agrafă câteva sute de dolari. Mi-a venit să i-i dau pe toți lui Hank. Totuși, i-am dat două de zece. În vreme ce scoteam banii din agrafă, s-a lins pe buze, fără să-și dea seama, de parcă simțea deja gustul a ceea ce aveau să devină ei. Când i-am înmânat bancnotele, le-a strâns în pumn, ca pe un burete. — Te întorci înăuntru? l-am întrebat eu, știind bine că n-o va face. În loc de explicație, a făcut un gest spre East Side. Gestul avea ceva final în el, ca și cum ar fi știut că n-o să ne mai vedem niciodată. — Cinci limbi? am zis eu înainte să plece. — Mda. Cinci limbi. Și se poate minți pe el însuși în fiecare dintre ele.“

Una arrolladora novela de iniciación, por el autor de Un caballero en Moscú. Número uno en la lista de best-sellers de The New York Times y libro del año en Amazon. Tras el formidable éxito de público y crítica de sus dos primeras novelas, Normas de cortesía -escogida por The Wall Street Journal como uno de los mejores libros del año 2011 y ganadora del Premio Fitzgerald en 2012- y Un caballero en Moscú -que se mantuvo dos años en las listas de The New York Times-, Amor Towles vuelve con una historia colosal sobre el viaje iniciático de cuatro jóvenes por el corazón de Estados Unidos durante la década de los años cincuenta. Contada desde múltiples puntos de vista y poblada por un variado elenco de personajes magnéticos, desde vagabundos que malviven entre raíles hasta aristócratas del Upper East Side, La autopista Lincoln es una novela arrolladora de encuentros y desencuentros, un azaroso tránsito de la juventud a la edad adulta. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year “Wise and wildly entertaining... permeated with light, wit, youth.” —The New York Times Book Review “A classic that we will read for years to come.” —Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club “A real joyride... elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.” –NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett’s intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden’s car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett’s future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction —to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles''s third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes.

人生就像一段有目的地的漂流 ──想前往某個方向，卻往往不得不去另一個地方 由9張明信片， 牽引出一段10天的出走與追尋。 18歲的埃米特，剛喪父、出獄，打算帶著弟弟離開家鄉開始新生活， 但他的前獄友們卻意外闖入，攪亂原先的計畫，失速朝其他地方奔去， 於是4個命運交織的少年，展開一場橫跨美國東西岸的冒險。 ◆ 《莫斯科紳士》作者亞莫爾．托歐斯最新力作！ 從伯爵30多年的生命光景，到少年10天的冒險旅程， 從極度封閉的俄國飯店禁錮空間，到極度開放的美國公路廣袤風景。 歐巴馬、比爾˙蓋茲一致選書推薦 銷售破1,000,000冊，賣出30國語言版權 有聲書由16名配音員高規格聯手聲演美國群像 《火影忍者劇場版：慕留人》吳佳樺、《惡作劇之吻》傅品晟、《櫻桃小丸子》林凱羚等專業聲音演員 1954年，埃米特因過失殺人入獄，剛從青少年矯正機構出獄回家。面臨父親過世、農場被銀行查封的窘境，他決定帶著早熟的8歲弟弟比利離開家園，依據明信片上的線索，循著母親當年離家出走所行駛的林肯公路，從中部的內布拉斯加一路到西岸的加州，展開新生活。 當他們準備開著埃米特那輛二手老車出發時，兩名不速之客打亂了他們的計畫。埃米特的前獄友「公爵夫人」和「毛毛」，從機構脫逃，偷走他們的車和僅剩的錢，直奔東岸紐約，打算去取毛毛繼承的一大筆信託基金。兄弟倆只能無奈地偷偷搭上向東行駛的貨運火車，朝著目的地的反方向，一路追趕他們…… 在這段關於成長、夢想與友誼的冒險之旅中，場景橫跨鄉村與都市，遊走於社會底層與上流家庭間，匯聚了來自天南地北，身分與年齡迥異、形形色色的人物，分別由多達16名配音員飾演，凸顯各角色不同的性格與背景，從沉穩的農家青年、浮誇的巡迴劇團演員之子，到散漫的上流豪門子弟等等，打造一場耳內歷險。 本書運用360度環場的多視角敘述，由8個要角輪番出場，不僅結構與層次豐富，角色也立體多彩，透過配音員的詮釋，可聽見他們內心與行為的細膩描寫，那些個性充滿缺陷卻同時令人著迷，也讓人忍不住同理，並隨故事時空的推移，讓人擔憂其命運。 他們所有人都在尋求更美好的未來， 對於如何到達那裡，卻有各自的計畫與期待， 究竟一路上各種意料之外的機遇，會帶領他們來到什麼樣的衝擊結局呢？ ◆◆◆ 人物簡介 ˙埃米特：年輕的內布拉斯加農家子弟，因為過失殺人入薩林納青少年特殊矯正機構。他有大局觀，能看清楚所有細節，是那種知道自己想要什麼、該怎麼做的人。 ˙比利：埃米特的弟弟，聰明早熟的8歲小孩，把《英雄大全：冒險家與其他的英勇旅人》從頭到尾看了25遍。 ˙公爵夫人：埃米特在薩林納矯正機構的獄友，成長於紐約市的演員之子。行事風格瘋狂、活力充沛又熱情，是個忠心的朋友，但也時常惹來各式各樣的麻煩。 ˙毛毛：埃米特在薩林納矯正機構的獄友，善良的紐約富家子。他永遠都在交談的列車已經開出車站之後，才拖著錯誤的行李，跑上錯誤的月台。 ˙莎莉：埃米特的鄰居，個性固執倔強的女孩，十分照顧埃米特兄弟，想要離開家鄉展開新生活。 ˙約翰牧師：埃米特兄弟在火車上遇到的無良牧師。 ˙尤里西斯：高大的黑人流浪漢，堅持從軍後，妻子帶著孩子離開，自此為了懲罰自己居無定所。 ˙阿巴卡斯．亞伯納斯教授：長期蝸居曼哈頓帝國大廈，卻寫了眾多英雄離鄉冒險故事的一名作家。 得獎紀錄 ★《紐約時報》2021年度選書、暢銷榜Top1 ★英美Amazon、Goodreads網站150,000讀者五星好評 ★美國Amazon書店2021年度編輯選書 ★美國邦諾書店2021年度選書 ★「美國國家公共廣播電台」2021年度最佳書籍 ★《華盛頓郵報》2021年度最佳書籍 ★《歐普拉日報》2021年度最佳書籍 ★珍娜・布希・海格（歐普拉之後最強推書人）讀書會選書 ★《時代雜誌》2021年度百大必讀書籍

Antológia a Sötét anyag és a Wayward Pines szerzőjétől! Egy VR-játékfejlesztő egy kódolási hiba következtében létrehoz egy szuperintelligenciát. A távoli jövőben emberek kis kolóniája visszaküld a Földre egy katonát, ám a küldetés nem várt fordulatot vesz. Egy megtermékenyítéssel foglalkozó cég a főbb tulajdonságok befolyásolása mellett már különböző projekciókat is készít a szülőknek, hogy születendő gyermekük milyen életre számíthat. 2019-ben az Amazon felkérte Blake Crouchot, hogy állítson össze egy hat történetből álló sci-fi antológiát az Original Stories-sorozatuk keretében. Crouch ennek alkalmából írta meg Elhagyott part című kisregényét, valamint e mellett bemutat egy-egy izgalmas novellát a műfaj elmúlt időszakának legismertebb szerzőitől. A történetek közt egyaránt található klasszikusabb hangvételű, Philip K. Dicket felidéző írás és olyan realistább gondolatmenet is, ami akár már holnap megvalósulhat. N. K. Jemisin Szükségbőr című novelláját Hugo-díjjal tüntették ki 2020-ban, míg az Elhagyott partot várhatóan Neil Burger fogja filmre adaptálni.

Et tilfældigt møde med en smuk bankmand i en jazzbar nytårsaften 1938 kaster Wall Street-sekretær Katey Kontent ind i det øverste lag af New York-samfundet, hvor hun bliver ven med en genert mangemillionær, en ligegyldig person fra Upper East Side og en ensporet enke

Året er 1937, og vi befinner oss i New York. På nyttårsaften er den 25 år gamle sekretæren Katey Kontent på en jazzbar i Greenwich Village sammen med romvenninnen sin. Her prøver de å få mest mulig ut av de tre dollarene de har igjen. Et tilfeldig møte på baren skal bli et viktig vendepunkt i livet deres. Den suksessrike, sofistikerte og sjarmerende bankmannen Tinker Bell slår seg nemlig ned ved nabobordet deres. Plutselig blir Katey Kontent kastet inn i overklassens kretser. Amor Towles har tidligere gitt ut "En gentleman i Moskva" som fikk en svært god mottakelse. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS

Em coletânea inédita de contos de ficção científica, grandes nomes da literatura mostram até onde somos capazes de ir para mudar o mundo Para alguns, a tecnologia é o prenúncio do fim do mundo. Para outros, é apenas o começo de uma nova era. Renomado escritor de ficção científica, autor dos best-sellers Matéria escura e Recursão, Blake Crouch convidou grandes nomes da literatura contemporânea para traçar histórias audaciosas que mergulham nos desdobramentos que os avanços tecnológicos acarretam à humanidade. Em “Summer Frost”, Crouch traz uma trama marcante que desafia nossa noção de humanidade enquanto assistimos à obsessão de uma programadora de videogames por uma de suas personagens. “Pele de emergência”, de N. K. Jemisin, explora a missão de um soldado em visita a uma Terra abandonada. Uma viagem potencialmente sem volta, mas pelos motivos mais inesperados. Em “Arca”, Veronica Roth mostra o poder das lembranças, que, quando coletadas e reunidas, são capazes de revelar o passado e também ajudam a construir o futuro. Amor Towles surpreende em “Você chegou ao seu destino” ao mergulhar na manipulação genética quando um casal se vê diante da possibilidade de decidir a trajetória de seu futuro bebê. “A última conversa”, de Paul Tremblay, é uma narrativa repleta de suspense que nos faz questionar os limites da consciência e de nossa identidade. Já “Randomizando”, de Andy Weir, fecha a obra com uma história eletrizante envolvendo cassinos, hackers e computação quântica. De potência criativa memorável, os contos desta coletânea se pautam em temas diversos, como inteligência artificial, colonização de outros planetas, engenharia genética e programação, para nos fazer encarar o que há de mais brutal e profundamente humano em nós e em nossa sociedade. Imersos em tamanhos medos, paixões, sonhos e ambições, vem à tona a complexidade de se estabelecer limites e de realizar escolhas diante da busca pelo futuro que desejamos.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Readers’ Choice Best Book of the Century, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year “Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth.” —The New York Times Book Review “A classic that we will read for years to come.” —Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club “Fantastic. Set in 1954, Towles uses the story of two brothers to show that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as we might hope.” —Bill Gates “A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.” —NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett''s intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden''s car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett''s future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction—to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles''s third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes. “Once again, I was wowed by Towles’s writing—especially because The Lincoln Highway is so different from A Gentleman in Moscow in terms of setting, plot, and themes. Towles is not a one-trick pony. Like all the best storytellers, he has range. He takes inspiration from famous hero’s journeys, including The Iliad, The Odyssey, Hamlet, Huckleberry Finn, and Of Mice and Men. He seems to be saying that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as an interstate highway. But, he suggests, when something (or someone) tries to steer us off course, it is possible to take the wheel.” – Bill Gates

Esta novela excepcional nos habla de nuestra inagotable capacidad para arrostrar los infortunios de la existencia. Mega éxito de ventas, con más de 2 millones de lectores. Pronto una serie de Showtime/Paramount, protagonizada por Ewan McGregor como el conde Alexander Rostov. Condenado a muerte por los bolcheviques en 1922, el conde Aleksandr Ilich Rostov elude su trágico final por un inusitado giro del destino. Gracias a un poema subversivo escrito diez años antes, el comité revolucionario conmuta la pena máxima por un arresto domiciliario inaudito: el aristócrata deberá pasar el resto de sus días en el hotel Metropol, microcosmos de la sociedad rusa y conspicuo exponente del lujo y la decadencia que el nuevo régimen se ha propuesto erradicar. En esta curiosa historia se basa la segunda novela de Amor Towles, que después de recibir innumerables elogios por Normas de cortesía, su ópera prima, se consolida como uno de los escritores norteamericanos más interesantes del momento. Erudito, refinado y caballeroso, Rostov es un cliente asiduo del legendario Metropol, situado a poca distancia del Kremlin y el Bolshói. Sin profesión conocida pese a estar ya en la treintena, se ha dedicado con auténtica pasión a los placeres de la lectura y de la buena mesa. Ahora, en esta nueva y forzada tesitura, irá construyendo una apariencia de normalidad a través de los lazos afectivos con algunos de los variopintos personajes del hotel, lo que le permitirá descubrir los jugosos secretos que guardan sus aposentos. Así, a lo largo de más de tres décadas, el conde verá pasar la vida confinado tras los inmensos ventanales del Metropol mientras en el exterior se desarrolla uno de los períodos más turbulentos del país. Además de mantenerse durante casi cincuenta semanas en las principales listas de éxitos de Estados Unidos y de superar el millón de ejemplares vendidos, Un caballero en Moscú ha obtenido numerosos premios, entre los que destacan el del Libro del Año según The Times y The Sunday Times. Esta novela está escrita con suma elegancia, cálido sentido del humor y un aprecio muy profundo por los grandes clásicos de la literatura rusa. ENGLISH 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 Showtime/Paramount series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov “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.

Este anul 1922. Contele Rostov nu se caieste ca e aristocrat si un tribunal bolsevic il condamna la arest la domiciliu. Pentru bonomul erudit care nu a lucrat niciodata, celebrul hotel Metropol de la Moscova devine si domiciliu, si loc de munca. Si viata lui trece strivita de decenii crude si tulburi din viata Rusiei, iar cititorul il insoteste pe contele sarmant in lumea veche si in lumea noua, unde nimic nu mai e la fel. Roman al unui sfarsit dureros si al unui inceput inevitabil, Un gentleman la Moscova este povestea cuceritoare a unui invins care, paradoxal, invinge dezumanizarea fara sa iasa dintr-un hotel. „Ce minune ca intr-o vreme ca a noastra romanul acesta asa de fin construit se desfasoara cu eleganta din lumea veche!“ - The Washington Post In curand intr-un serial cu Kenneth Branagh in rolul principal