Brazilian Real
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Autor: TOWLES,Amor
Editorial: VINTAGE PUBLISHING
Lenguaje: Inglés
ISBN13: 9780099558781
Reseña: Chosen as an isolation read by Camilla Duchess of Cornwall: A wonderful book which gives the reader an understanding of life in post-revolution Moscow OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD -- ***Soon to be a major TV series starring Kenneth Branagh*** A wonderful book Tana French This novel is astonishing uplifting and wise. Dont miss it Chris Cleave No historical novel this year was more witty insightful or original than Amor Towless A Gentleman in Moscow Sunday Times Books of the Year [A] supremely uplifting novel ... Its elegant witty and delightful - much like the Count himself. Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Charming ... shows that not all books about Russian aristocrats have to be full of doom and nihilism The Times Books of the Year 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. Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. But instead of his usual suite he must now live in an attic room while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval. Can a life without luxury be the richest of all? A BOOK OF THE DECADE 2010-2020 (INDEPENDENT) THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 ONE OF BARACK OBAMAS BEST BOOKS OF 2017 ONE OF BILL GATESS SUMMER READS OF 2019 NOMINATED FOR THE 2018 INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS WEEK AWARD
