{"id":4408,"date":"2017-08-04T15:05:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T15:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4408"},"modified":"2017-12-11T15:35:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:35:43","slug":"a-gentleman-in-moscow-by-amor-towles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4408","title":{"rendered":"A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4428\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/GentlemanMoscow-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Gentleman in Moscow cover\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/GentlemanMoscow-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/GentlemanMoscow.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>The main character, Count Alexander Rostov, has been sentenced to house arrest by Russia&#8217;s new Soviet masters in one of Moscow&#8217;s finest hotel Metropol. The story follows the Count&#8217;s decades confined in very small quarters within a hotel for the elite.<\/p>\n<p>Rostov survives as well as he does because of of his strong belief that &#8220;If one did not master one&#8217;s circumstances, one was bound to be mastered by them&#8221;. Just when you might become a little weary of the tale, the story takes a turn that will re-awaken your interest. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1664764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Request a copy<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main character, Count Alexander Rostov, has been sentenced to house arrest by Russia&#8217;s new Soviet masters in one of Moscow&#8217;s finest hotel Metropol. The story follows the Count&#8217;s decades confined in very small quarters within a hotel for the elite. Rostov survives as well as he does because of of his strong belief that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4408\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-dee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}