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A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

Finish date: January 25, 2017

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Feb 11, 2017 Mycala rated it it was amazing

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For when life makes it impossible for a man to pursue his dreams, he will connive to pursue them anyway.

What a story. Believable or not, I couldn't help but fall madly in love with our hero as he made the best of his situation. I loved the humorous quips throughout.

(Nina) "Does a banquet really need an asparagus server?"
(The Count) "Does an orchestra need a bassoon?"

So while dueling may have begun as a response to high crimes -- to treachery, treason, and adultery -- by 1900 it had tiptoed down ...more

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Feb 17, 2020 Elaine rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I read this book two or so years ago and just reading the title now makes me feel warm. The sense of family, the innovative lives, the changes and the acceptances are all wonderfully presented.
This is my second read.

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Mar 08, 2017 Janel rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Count Alexander is on house arrest in the renowned Metropol hotel across from the Kremlin. The main character Rostov passes the decades making a whole world and life out of a hotel and the people he encounters in it. He adopts as his own 9-year-old girl left behind by a famous actress. Very engaging character. Very charming book.

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