Amor Towles
Table for two

2025 | Nakladatelství Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW'Feels more mythically New York than a Woody Allen storyboard painted by Edward Hopper' THE TIMES'Storytelling of the highest order' IRISH TIMES'Towles is a craftsman' NEW YORK TIMESMillions of Amor Towles fans are in for …a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.Told from seven points of view, 'Eve in Hollywood' describes how one of Towles's most beloved characters, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility, crafts a new future for herself-and others-in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles.Written with his signature wit, humour and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles's canon of stylish and transporting fiction. THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW'Feels more mythically New York than a Woody Allen storyboard painted by Edward Hopper' THE TIMES'Stor…ytelling of the highest order' IRISH TIMES'Towles is a craftsman' NEW YORK TIMESMillions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.Told from seven points of view, 'Eve in Hollywood' describes how one of Towles's most beloved characters, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility, crafts a new future for herself-and others-in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles.Written with his signature wit, humour and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles's canon of stylish and transporting fiction.

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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	451
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	1804949507
ISBN:	9781804949504
Vydáno v:	London
Vystaveno:	17. 10. 2025 19:47
Číslo položky:	1422330

O autorovi

Amor Towles

Amor Towles je oceňovaný současný americký spisovatel. Narodil se a vyrostl v Bostonu. Absolvoval Yale College a získal magisterský titul z angličtiny na Stanford University. Když mu bylo 10 let, hodil do Atlantiku láhev se vzkazem. Za několik týdnů dostal dopis od Harrisona Salisburyho, pozdějšího ředitele periodika The New York Times. Mnoho let si pak dopisovali. Po absolutoriu na Yale měl dva roky vyučovat v Číně, což bylo ale zrušeno po masakru na Náměstí nebeského klidu v roce 1989. Přes 20 let působil na vysoké manažerské pozici v investiční firmě na Wall Street. Nečekaný úspěch románu Pravidla zdvořilosti mu však umožnil ten luxus toto zaměstnání opustit a věnovat se pouze psaní. S manželkou, synem a dcerou žije na Manhatanu v New Yorku. Na svém kontě má zatím dva romány, které vyvolaly ve světě ohromný čtenářský ohlas a sklidily mnoho pozitivních recenzí. Je sběratelem umění a starožitností.

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