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A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles
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Region

Diaspora

USA

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

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Fiction

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Noted for comparison: a novel of house arrest and elegant confinement — interesting as contrast to how African writers depict confinement and surveillance without access to the elegance Towles describes.

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Comparison text; demonstrates how confinement narratives differ across racial and class lines

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Noted for comparison: a novel of house arrest and elegant confinement — interesting as contrast to how African writers depict confinement and surveillance without access to the elegance Towles describes. Comparison text; demonstrates how confinement narratives differ across racial and class lines

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