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Sep 6, 2016 · A Gentleman in Moscow is a story of a gentleman’s life that is changed beyond recognition, as he is sentenced to house arrest but nevertheless a life saved courtesy of a revolutionary poem. And a story set in Russia after the Bolshevik revolution and creation of a new Russia. And here dear readers we have “A Gentleman in Moscow”.
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A Gentleman in Moscow is an amazing story because it manages to be a little bit of everything. There’s fantastical romance, politics, espionage, parenthood and poetry. The book is technically historical fiction, but you would be just as accurate calling it a thriller or a love story.” —Bill Gates “The book is like a salve.
Towles's approach in A Gentleman in Moscow was described as a "gorgeous sleight of hand" by The New York Times: What saves the book is the gorgeous sleight of hand that draws it to a satisfying end, and the way he chooses themes that run deeper than mere sociopolitical commentary: parental duty, friendship, romance, the call of home.
Sep 3, 2016 · A Gentleman in Moscow is a novel that aims to charm, not be the axe for the frozen sea within us. And the result is a winning, stylish novel that keeps things easy. Flair is always the goal ...
- Annalisa Quinn
Sep 23, 2016 · A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW By Amor Towles 462 pp. Viking. $27. ... The year 1922 is a good starting point for a Russian epic, but for the purposes of his sly and winning second novel, Amor Towles ...
Jan 19, 2022 · I read “A Gentleman in Moscow” right after reading (OK, skimming much of) “Where the Crawdads Sing”. Very much liked the former, very much didn’t like the latter. Both were, in their way, fairy tales, where the good end happily and the bad unhappily, but the characters in the Towles book came alive for me and I cared about them.
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A Gentleman in Moscow – 4.5/5. A Gentleman in Moscow is my first sleeper hit of the year. Yes, I’d heard good things about it but I did not expect to find it quite so light and heart-warming. Towles’ writing is a joy to behold and makes you, the reader, feel like a gentleman (or equivalent) whilst reading it.
