A Gentleman in Moscow / Amor Towles
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TextPublication details: USA : Penguin Books, c2016. Description: [462] p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780735221673DDC classification: F TOW
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Villa College QI Campus | Villa College Library | F TOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 15923 |
When, in 1922, thirty-year-old Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, he is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel near the Kremlin. An indomitable man of erudition and wit, Rostov must now live an attic room as some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold. Unexpectedly, the Count's reduced circumstances provide him entry into a world of emotional discovery as he forges friendships with the hotel's denizens. But when fate puts the life of a young girl in his hands, he must draw on all his ingenuity to protect the future she deserves. Hailed for its humor, intrigue, and beautifully rendered scenes, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count's endeavor to become a man of purpose
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