From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility and the forthcoming novel The Lincoln Highway, a story about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel—a beautifully transporting novel. The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers, soon to be a major television series In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a … 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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I liked the use of words by the author. It is an interesting book about a Russian count who has to live in a hotel for the rest of his life or be killed.
Great book!!! Loved it!
This is the book I keep thinking of when “favorite” comes up in conversation. It’s got a fairy-tale-like quality and is hugely entertaining. I adore the setting, the characters, the plot, and the writing. I wouldn’t change a word of this wonderful book.
A really compelling story, touching and poignant.
So beautifully written!
Wonderful book
Awesome intriguing humorous witty multi faceted. Outstanding characters and historical complexity. ourOur book club chose a gentleman in Moscow as the most dynamic book we read this year
I loved all the twists and turns and subplots going on throughout the story. The characters were truly amazing and interesting and well-developed by the author. Could not put the book down and didn’t want it to end.
It has beautiful flowery language that I sometimes skimmed over to get to the plot, It was slow at first, I almost put it down. I’m glad I persisted.
A wonderful story and beautifully written book
Most wonderful writing. Loved Rules of Civility, but this definitely surpasses that one. This author writes so intelligently–just amazing.
This is a remarkable book. – literary, engaging, wonderful characters, and a look at an interesting historical period. I highly recommend it – but don’t make any further plans once you begin to read it…..
A really great book. I missed the characters for months after I read and I still wonder how they are doing.
Kindness and dignity can and do win out in this beautiful story of making the best of a bad situation.
How to live with grace and integrity in such difficult times.
Listened to the audio book. Swept me off my feet.
I wasn’t sure I would like this book, because it is about a Russian and it is 482 pages long. However, I ended up thinking it was a great, informative and interesting novel with a wonderful central character.
This is lyrical prose in fine form. Reading it is like flowing down a river…gentle turns as characters are built and plotlines…really character driven..unfold. iI is not a thriller or a page turner. It is just beautifully written.
This is a great book! Not only is the writing wonderful, but the story is so good. Along the way one learns about Russia as the Bolsheviks took over governing the country. The women in my book group all loved the book! Rostov is a character to be remembered long after finishing the book.
Wonderful book, beautifully written