Fiction2016

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles
Overview
Region

Diaspora

USA

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

About This Work

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.

Literary Significance

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

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