Join us for this month’s Book Club presentation on Tuesday, April 29th. (But the date may change because of the holiday. So check the Book Club WhatsApp Chat for any changes.) The book this month is “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles (2016/ 480 pages). Presented by: David Pickup
A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he was deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count was 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 humour, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavour to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.
So, mark your calendars and plan to join us on Tuesday, April 29th. We meet at the Circolo dei Lettori in Via Giambattista Bogino 9 at 10:30 AM.
If you would like more information, please contact Tamara at bookclub@iwct.it Also, remember to join the Book Club WhatsApp chat to stay up to date on the latest information about the Book Club.
