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Indlæser... A Gentleman in Moscow (2016)af Amor Towles
  
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The book, set in Moscow between 1922 and 1954, focuses on one hotel that is miraculously preserved, a protagonist and his side kicks who are carefully protected and excluded from the history happening outside the doors - it is a fun read in a magical realism kind of way, with lots of interesting tidbits. But I found the book too far fetched in parts. (  ) WiebkeK | Jan 21, 2021 |  The paperback was from my Goodwill stash Around the year in 52 books challenge notes: #45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018 (  ) Linda_Louise | Jan 20, 2021 | Geweldig boek met veel diepe lagen en filosofische bespiegelingen, maar ook absoluut met humor. Als Graaf Rostov levenslang huisarrest krijgt opgelegd in Hotel Metropol in Moskou begint een prachtig verhaal, geschreven als een langzaam kabbelend beekje. We volgen de graaf door zijn leven in dit grote hotel maar ook door de gebeurtenissen die zich in die periode afspelen in Rusland. De vier vrouwen die een belangrijke rol in zijn leven spelen komen natuurlijk ook aan bod, net als de vrienden van in en buiten het hotel die hij door de jaren maakt, de kok Emile, de gerant Andrej, gezanten van verschillende buitenlanden, journalisten. Eigenlijk maakt hij meer vrienden in zijn leven dan de gemiddeld man. De meest hechte band heeft hij met Sofia, zijn pleegdochter, die op een dag bij hem wordt achtergelaten door een oude vriendin. Ik kan niet precies zeggen wat me zo in het boek boeide, maar ik ben er eigenlijk een beetje door betoverd, misschien ga ik het zelfs wel herlezen. (  ) connie53 | Jan 18, 2021 | So good I didn't want it to end, in fact I specifically didn't rush reading it. Count Rostov is my new role model in life. How it all came together in the end was beautiful. ( ) FurbyKirby | Jan 5, 2021 | Very enjoyable read about Count Rostov, who is sentenced to house arrest i Hotel Metropol. As the years go by he makes friends, adopts a daughter, philosophises and generally makes the best of his situation. Humorous, witty, engaging and a joy to read. Most enjoyed read of the year. (  ) simbaandjessie | Jan 3, 2021 |
Booklist July 1, 2016 In his remarkable first novel, the best-selling Rules of Civility (2011), Towles etched 1930s New York in crystalline relief. Though set a world away in Moscow over the course of three decades, his latest polished literary foray into a bygone era is just as impressive. Sentenced as an incorrigible aristocrat in 1922 by the Bolsheviks to a life of house arrest in a grand Moscow hotel, Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov is spared the firing squad on the basis of a revolutionary poem he penned as an idealistic youth. Condemned, instead, to live his life confined to the indoor parameters of Metropol Hotel, he eschews bitterness in favor of committing himself to practicalities. As he carves out a new existence for himself in his shabby attic room and within the magnificent walls of the hotel-at-large, his conduct, his resolve, and his commitment to his home and to the hotel guests and staff together form a triumph of the human spirit. As Moscow undergoes vast political changes and countless social upheavals, Rostov remains, implacably and unceasingly, a gentleman. Towles presents an imaginative and unforgettable historical portrait.--Flanagan, Margaret Copyright 2016 Booklist
"A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count 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 a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery..."-- No library descriptions found. |
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