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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

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility--a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel With his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor Towles established himself as a master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction, bringing late 1930s Manhattan to life with splendid atmosphere and a flawless command of style. Readers and critics were enchanted; as NPR commented, "Towles writes with grace and verve about the mores and manners of a society on the cusp of radical change." A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. 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. 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"--

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

Dvadeset prvog lipnja 1922. godine grofa Aleksandra Rostova, nositelja odličja svetog Andrije, člana Konjičkog kluba i voditelja lova, izveli su iz Kremlja i otpratili preko Crvenog trga pa kroz lijepa okretna vrata hotela Metropol. Nakon što je boljševički sud zaključio da se grof nije pokajao, osudili su ga na doživotni kućni pritvor. Ali, umjesto u svojemu uobičajenom apartmanu, sada mora živjeti u tavanskoj sobi dok Rusija proživljava desetljeća burnih previranja. Unatoč tome što u životu nije radio ni jedan dan, njegova erudicija, neuništiv duh i duhovitost pomoći će mu da, malo-pomalo, počne razumijevati zgusnutu rusku povijest koja se odvija pred vratima hotela. Iako mu novi poredak donosi brojna životna ograničenja, njegov unutarnji, emocionalni svijet istodobno doživljava preobrazbu koja ga od dokonog bogataša pretvara u čovjeka s ozbiljnim zadatkom koji mora izvršiti.

Amor Towles cria um romance encantador ao combinar juventude, autodescoberta e amizade ao cenário dos Estados Unidos dos anos 1950 Em junho de 1954, Emmett Watson, um jovem de dezoito anos, é levado para casa, em Nebraska, Estados Unidos, pelo tutor da instituição juvenil onde ficou internado por quinze meses após ter cometido um homicídio culposo. Sem a mãe, que foi embora de sua vida anos antes, o pai, que morreu recentemente, e a propriedade da família, tomada pelo banco, Emmett só quer pegar o irmão mais novo, Billy, e partir para a Califórnia, onde poderão começar uma nova vida. Mas quando o tutor Williams vai embora, Emmett se depara com dois amigos da instituição — o astuto e carismático Duchess e o zeloso e nada convencional Woolly —, que fugiram escondidos no porta-malas do carro que o trouxera. Agora, juntos, os quatro pegarão a estrada e terão que conciliar os diferentes planos para o futuro — um dos quais os levará a uma fatídica jornada a Nova York, direção oposta ao destino final de Emmett. O novo livro de Amor Towles, que se passa em dez dias corridos e é contado a partir de vários pontos de vista, é uma história de múltiplas camadas sobre infortúnios e autodescoberta, composta por uma gama de personagens muito ecléticos. É uma empolgante aventura sobre rodas, um romance tão intenso, arrebatador e tocante quanto os leitores de Towles esperam.

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.