A Gentleman in Moscow

Hardcover

English language

Published Jan. 8, 2017 by Hutchinson.

ISBN:
978-0-09-194424-7
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OCLC Number:
972169672

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4 stars (21 reviews)

On 21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov – recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt – is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol.

But instead of being taken to his usual suite, he is led to an attic room with a window the size of a chessboard. Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely.

While Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval, the Count, stripped of the trappings that defined his life, is forced to question what makes us who we are. And with the assistance of a glamorous actress, a cantankerous chef and a very serious child, Rostov unexpectedly discovers a new understanding of both pleasure and purpose.

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Libros que acarician

5 stars

Hay libros que acarician el alma. Este es el caso de Un caballero en Moscú. Desde las primeras páginas me sentí atrapado por su prosa. Amor Towles tiene la capacidad de transportarnos con sus letras a un mundo fantástico y hacernos disfrutar cada párrafo queriendo más.

Sobre traducciones

Pero esto no sería posible sin una traducción magistral. Si bien hay libros que leo en inglés (idioma en el que se escribió originalmente Un caballero en Moscú), en este caso leí la traducción al castellano realizado por Gemma Rovira Ortega. Y es que estamos muy mal acostumbrados a pasar por alto el nombre de los traductores, cuando su trabajo es valiosísimo.

«Es curioso —reflexionó antes de abandonar su suite—. Desde una edad muy temprana hemos de aprender a despedirnos de amigos y familiares. Les decimos adiós a nuestros padres y a nuestros hermanos en la estación; visitamos a nuestros primos, vamos …

Review of 'Un caballero en Moscú / A Gentleman in Moscow' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

The first few pages of [a:Amor Towels|20724993|Amor Towels|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s [b:A Gentleman in Moscow|34066798|A Gentleman in Moscow|Amor Towles|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551480896l/34066798.SY75.jpg|45743836] are a list of things I don't like novels to start with: a map; a poem I don't get; a courtroom transcript. (What it didn't have of things I don't like was a list of the cast of characters and a long quote in a foreign language with no translation.) There are also, later, footnotes, which I don't think need to be in novels.
This had my hackles up, but it turns out to be one of the more delightful novels I've read in ages. Another thing I don't like in novels and would be tired of even if I did is them centering on people locked in small spaces. ([a:Emma Donoghue|23613|Emma Donoghue|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1591714728p2/23613.jpg]'s [b:Room|31685789|Room|Emma Donoghue|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1472239721l/31685789.SX50.jpg|9585076] started out that way and it would've been far less readable—by me, anyway—if it had …

Review of 'A Gentleman in Moscow' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

As a reader with little background in Russian history or literature, I appreciated the gentleness the author showed in these areas, while still giving me a firm nudge toward them. The characters always come first in this story, and I enjoyed getting to know them. In the end I asked myself, is the story overly optimistic? Does it gloss over too many horrors? So far I lean towards saying no, the depth is there if you want to look for it, even if the story doesn't dwell on it.

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