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.
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.
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Historical and character-driven fiction examining mid-twentieth-century society, refined social settings, and personal resilience forms the center of a widely read body of work. Amor Towles became a prominent voice in contemporary fiction through novels that balance intricate plotting with keen observations of etiquette, status, and morality. His narrative catalog includes widely recognized titles such as A Gentleman in Moscow and expansive American journeys that capture distinct historical moments.
Born and raised in the Boston area, Towles graduated from Yale University before earning a Master of Arts in English from Stanford University. His graduate thesis, a short story cycle titled 'The Temptations of Pleasure,' was published in the Paris Review in 1989. Prior to committing full time to fiction writing, he worked as an investment professional on Wall Street for over twenty years. Towles made his novelistic debut with Rules of Civility in 2011, which became a New York Times bestseller, received the Prix Fitzgerald in France in 2012, and was optioned for film adaptation. Following this success, he devoted himself entirely to literature, publishing A Gentleman in Moscow in 2016 and his third novel, The Lincoln Highway, in 2021. Today, he resides in Manhattan with his family, where he continues writing novels and shorter fiction.
Towles's narrative technique relies on meticulously structured plots, precise prose, and an understated wit that illuminates the social codes of specific historical eras. His books frequently examine themes of personal integrity, unexpected confinement, class boundaries, and the accidental trajectories that redirect individual lives. Whether detailing high society in 1930s Manhattan, a hotel imprisonment in Soviet Moscow, or a ten-day cross-country journey across 1950s America, his writing combines historical specificity with an emphasis on personal choices, moral decency, and human connection.
3 books in catalog
Historical and character-driven fiction examining mid-twentieth-century society, refined social settings, and personal resilience forms the center of a widely read body of work. Amor Towles became a prominent voice in contemporary fiction through novels that balance intricate plotting with keen observations of etiquette, status, and morality. His narrative catalog includes widely recognized titles such as A Gentleman in Moscow and expansive American journeys that capture distinct historical moments.
Born and raised in the Boston area, Towles graduated from Yale University before earning a Master of Arts in English from Stanford University. His graduate thesis, a short story cycle titled 'The Temptations of Pleasure,' was published in the Paris Review in 1989. Prior to committing full time to fiction writing, he worked as an investment professional on Wall Street for over twenty years. Towles made his novelistic debut with Rules of Civility in 2011, which became a New York Times bestseller, received the Prix Fitzgerald in France in 2012, and was optioned for film adaptation. Following this success, he devoted himself entirely to literature, publishing A Gentleman in Moscow in 2016 and his third novel, The Lincoln Highway, in 2021. Today, he resides in Manhattan with his family, where he continues writing novels and shorter fiction.
Towles's narrative technique relies on meticulously structured plots, precise prose, and an understated wit that illuminates the social codes of specific historical eras. His books frequently examine themes of personal integrity, unexpected confinement, class boundaries, and the accidental trajectories that redirect individual lives. Whether detailing high society in 1930s Manhattan, a hotel imprisonment in Soviet Moscow, or a ten-day cross-country journey across 1950s America, his writing combines historical specificity with an emphasis on personal choices, moral decency, and human connection.
