Thursday, January 30, 2020

2. A Gentleman in Moscow


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I read The Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn several years ago, and it was so eye-opening to read about the brutality of communism in the Soviet Union. This is not about the Gulag (although characters in the book are sent there), but it is about an aristocrat sentenced to 30 years in the Metropol Hotel of Moscow after the Bolshevik Revolution. It took me a while to get into it, but once I could commit to it, I was all in. It is a dear story. It has everything love, friendship, chivalry, espionage, etc. 

Here is an interview with the author in a Russian tea room: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amor-towles-expands-his-portfolio-with-a-gentleman-in-moscow-1472743341

One fun thing: Bill and Melinda Gates both loved this book. Here is Bill's review:  https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/A-Gentleman-in-Moscow

I also found the author's website fascinating: 
http://www.amortowles.com/gentleman-moscow-amor-towles/

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