A Gentleman in Moscow-轻识

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel

“In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight . . .this book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility." – Kirkus Review...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel

With his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor Towles established himself as a master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction, bringing late 1930s Manhattan to life with splendid atmosphere and a flawless command of style. Readers and critics were enchanted; as NPR commented, “Towles writes with grace and verve about the mores and manners of a society on the cusp of radical change.”

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.

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.

埃默•托尔斯（Amor Towles），1964年出生于美国波士顿。本科和硕士学位分别在耶鲁大学和斯坦福大学获得。处女作《上流法则》一鸣惊人，法语译本获得菲兹杰拉德奖。他凭借新作《莫斯科绅士》跻身美国新锐一线作家之列。

《莫斯科绅士》一经发售就登上了《纽约时报》排行榜，目前销量已突破100万册。被《泰晤士报》、美国亚马逊和美国国家公共广播电台（NPR）等9家英美媒体评为年度图书，也是汤姆•汉克斯的挚爱之书。目前，改编自本书的同名美剧正在拍摄中，由《战争与和平》的导演汤姆•哈珀执导。