Poplar Creek Public Library Book Discussion
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Thursday, March 12
10:15 - 11:45 A.M. Donation: Free
Join us for discussion of A Gentleman in Moscow, set in 1922. Count 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 extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books and a sparkling 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. Refreshments will be served. Registration required.
