Audible.com 17 hours 52 min. Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith (A)
"The prose is masterful, the performance masterful, the wisdom of the words to be consiAudible.com 17 hours 52 min. Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith (A)
"The prose is masterful, the performance masterful, the wisdom of the words to be considered, reconsidered, and cherished."
This was not the story I had expected; it was so much more! It is the perfect example of an historical fiction. It would be easy to see Tolstoy. Chechov, and Dostoyevsky sitting around a table toasting this modern Russian story.with smiles of approval. Towles created a superbly entertaining main character in Count Rostov and surrounded him with an engaging cast of supporting characters: a poet, a cook, a waiter, a seamstress, an actress, two young girls, a musician, a Communist beurocrat, and the "bishop." I enjoyed the emphasis on how time is viewed and the references to the family's grandfather clock, the clock that sounds only twice a day, the theft of a wristwatch when exact time becomes essential. There's so much good to say about this book,and I appreciate my friend who recommended it to me. It's the perfect gift for achieving my goal of reading 200 books in 2021. Another rare book that proves a great writer doesn't need profanity, foul language, or explicit sex to have success....more
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