Amor Towles: A Gentleman in Moscow - INTERVIEW!!!

Amor Towles: A Gentleman in Moscow. Filmed Summer 2018.
Author Amor Towles gives a presentation on his novel, A Gentleman in Moscow and answers questions from the crowd.
"A Gentleman in Moscow is the utterly entertaining second novel from the author of Rules of Civility. Amor Towles skillfully transports us to The Metropol, the famed Moscow hotel where movie stars and Russian royalty hobnob, where Bolsheviks plot revolutions and intellectuals discuss the merits of contemporary Russian writers, where spies spy, thieves thieve and the danger of twentieth century Russia lurks outside its marbled walls. It’s also where wealthy Count Alexander Rostov lives under house arrest for a poem deemed incendiary by the Bolsheviks, and meets Nina. Nina is a precocious and wide-eyed young girl who holds the keys to the entire hotel, wonders what it means to be a princess, and will irrevocably change his life. Despite being confined to the hallway of the hotel, the Count lives an absorbing, adventure-filled existence, filled with capers, conspiracies and culture. Alexander Rostov is a character for the ages--like Kay Thompson’s Eloise and Wes Anderson’s M. Gustav, he is unflinchingly (and hilariously for readers) devoted to his station, even when forced to wait tables, play hide and seek with a young girl, or confront communism. Towles magnificently conjures the grandeur of the Russian hotel and the vibrancy of the characters that call it home." --Al Woodworth, The Amazon Book Review

[@vivianazamorano5884]

A gorgeous and insightful book with one of the most the most wonderful 3 dimensional protagonist I can think of… created by Amor Towles - I only wish Count Rostov weren’t fictional. Amor Towles is a true pleasure to listen to- so captivating.

[@bobleroe3859]

I loved the novel, and this background information was very useful. "There is a difference between being resigned to a situation and reconciled to it." These are words for living, and in the pandemic they have spoke to me.

[@prohexe5603]

Ein atemberaubend💖 schönes Buch...ich habe es schon 4 mal gehört, und ich finde noch immer neue Aphorismen, bzw. LEBENSWEISEN 💖💕💔💗 ICH HÄTTE GERNE EINE FORTSETZUNG. . GRAF ALEXANDER, Love you... Tanks for written , These book💋

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[@erin_amerikanka]

propaganda book written from an American perspective of Russia. Why don't we ask Russians their perspective of the revolution?

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[@lwc1029]

the imaginings of a WASP with aristocratic leanings and condescension.

[@joannafortier9291]

Not intended to be a history book but a novel, the historical references are simply a backdrop, one of the best novels I've read in a long time

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[@wallumpus]

For me, it is simply a marvelous tale, finely crafted. If I wanted to delve into political perspectives, I would have read some other tome,, one quite different. You make too much of the politics.

[@clementihammock7572]

I just love his Q&A time....really enjoyed it. 😂