Un caballero en Moscú
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Barcelona : Publicaciones y Ediciones Salamandra, 2018.
Edition
1a edición.
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509 pages : map ; 23 cm.
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Haltom City Public Library - Spanish Fiction
SPA FIC TOW 2018
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SPA FIC TOW 2018
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Published
Barcelona : Publicaciones y Ediciones Salamandra, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
1a edición.
Language
Spanish
Notes
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Título original: A gentleman in Moscow.
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"Aleksandr Rostov, aristócrata y erudito irredento, es un cliente asiduo del Metropol, el hotel más espléndido de Moscú. Nunca ha trabajado desde que dejó de estudiar, y aplica todo su ingenio y refinamiento a su pasión por los vinos, la gastronomía y la literatura. En 1922, los bolcheviques lo condenan a muerte; sin embargo, un poema revolucionario escrito una década antes lo salva de la pena capital, que el tribunal le conmuta por la de arresto domiciliario en el Metropol. En esta nueva tesitura, el conde irá estrechando lazos con una serie de curiosos habitantes del hotel y descubrirá los fascinantes secretos que guardan sus aposentos."--Provided by publisher.
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"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..."--,Provided by publisher.
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Text in Spanish. En espa?ol.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Towles, A., Towles, A., & Rovira Ortega, G. (2018). Un caballero en Moscú (1a edición.). Publicaciones y Ediciones Salamandra.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Towles, Amor, Amor. Towles and Gemma, Rovira Ortega. 2018. Un Caballero En Moscú. Publicaciones y Ediciones Salamandra.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Towles, Amor, Amor. Towles and Gemma, Rovira Ortega. Un Caballero En Moscú Publicaciones y Ediciones Salamandra, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Towles, Amor,, Amor Towles, and Gemma Rovira Ortega. Un Caballero En Moscú 1a edición., Publicaciones y Ediciones Salamandra, 2018.
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