Amor Towles Biography
Amor Towles is Amor Towles is an American novelist. He is best known for his bestselling novels Rules of Civility (2011) and A Gentleman in Moscow (2016). He graduated from Yale College and received an M.A. in English from Stanford University, where he was a Scowcroft Fellow. From 1991-2012, he worked as an investment professional in New York.
Amor Towles Age
He was born in 1964, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He is about 55 years old.
Amor Towles Parents
There is no information provided for his family or parents. This information will be updated soon.
Amor Towles Wife
He is married to a wife called Maggie. The couple has a son and a daughter. The couple resides in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York City.
Amor Towles Books
A Gentleman in Moscow:
A Gentleman in Moscow is the second novel from Amor Towles, New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility and was similarly well received by critics. Thus, Kirkus Reviews found the book “In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight. This book more than fulfills the promise of Towles’ stylish debut, Rules of Civility.” While NPR opined A Gentleman in Moscow is a novel that aims to charm…And the result is a winning, stylish novel that keeps things easy. Flair is always the goal — Towles never lets anyone merely say goodbye when they could bid adieu, never puts a period where an exclamation point or dramatic ellipsis could stand.”
Rules of Civility:
The ‘Rules of Civility’ is an enchanting book which presents the reader with the story of a young woman Katey whose life is about to change completely. The story begins as 25-year-old Katey Kontent is sitting in a second-rate jazz bar situated in Greenwich Village on New Year’s Eve in 1937. Katey is a clever girl who grew up in Brooklyn and was named Katya; she changed her name for an all-American inclusion. As she sits on the table with her roommate with a budget of three dollars, a handsome banker Tinker Grey sits on the table beside. The encounter with this stranger who possesses a tempered smile and royal blue eyes takes her on a journey which will change her life entirely. She goes on to see the lives of rich people in exquisite mansions and relies on her wit and calm nerve throughout the story. She experiences different relationships with a number of characters and is challenged by an arrogant mentor as she comes to know about the failed aspirations of people who lie just below the surface of rich lives. The sequel of this book further sheds light on the story.
Amor Towles Next Book
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Amor Towles Books In Order|Amor Towles Novels
- Summary of the Gentleman in Moscow
- Eve in Hollywood: A Penguin Special
- Rules of Civility
Amor Towles Quotes
- By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration but our reconsideration. Amor Towles
- In the contemporary world, we think of politeness as surface behavior, like frosting – it’s sweet and attractive and finishes off the cake. But 19th-century nobility and the enlightened thinkers and stoics before them viewed manners in a very different way. To them, manners are an outward expression of an inward struggle. Amor Towles
- Of course, you wouldn’t want to re-create the era of aristocracy; it was a totally unfair era. The finer aspects of it were admirable, and so there’s nostalgia for that: the behavior, the values, the cultural sensitivities. Amor Towles
- I had read Harold Bloom’s ‘Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?’ Late in his life, having read everything, Bloom asked which books had given him wisdom. I had just read a bunch of contemporary novels that had no wisdom for me. Amor Towles
- I prefer to put myself in an environment that’s further afield and look through the eyes of someone who differs from me in age, ethnicity, gender, and/or social class. I think a little displacement makes me a sharper observer. Amor Towles
- My grandmother, who was simultaneously a woman of manners and verve, fended off marriage proposals until she was 30 because she was having too much fun to settle down. Amor Towles
- Growing up, I didn’t come from a musical family. Neither of my parents played an instrument, sang out loud, or listened to the radio with frequency. The record collection in the living room was only about 2 feet long – and that included 4 solid inches of Neil Diamond and Herb Alpert. Amor Towles
Amor Towles Net Worth
His net worth is still under review. This information will be updated soon.
Amor Towles Book Tour
- July 10, 2019, Avalon, NJ – 7:00 PM
Avalon Free Public Library - September 9, 2019, Iowa City, IA – 7:00 PM
with Prairie Lights Bookstore
at North Liberty Community Center - September 10, 2019, San Francisco, CA
with Bookshop West Portal - September 15, 2019, Haddonfield, NJ
with Inkwood Books - November 14, 2019, Portland, OR – 7:30 PM
Portland Arts & Lectures
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall - November 12, 2019, Seattle, WA – 7:30 PM
Seattle Arts & Lectures
Benaroya Hall - October 29, 2019, Syracuse, NY – 7:30 PM
For Onondaga County Library
John Mulroy Civic Center - October 17, 2019, Madison, CT – 6:30 PM
RJ Julia Bookstore - October 17, 2019, Bristol, CT – 12:00
Friends of the Bristol Public Library
at the DoubleTree in Bristol - September 17, 2019, Jacksonville, FL – 7:00 PM
with San Marco Books
at Southside Baptist Church - September 16, 2019, Boston, MA
In conversation with Celeste Ng
with Porter Square Books
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Amor Towles Interview
Interview with Amor Towles – A Gentleman in Moscow
So I was a little late to the game with Amor Towles’ second novel, A Gentleman in Moscow. Published in 2016, the novel was on the New York Times’ bestseller list for over 40 weeks. It was named the best book of the year by NPR, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. I think I was slightly put off by the storyline – a man spends over thirty years from 1922 to the mid-fifties under house arrest in a Moscow hotel.
Won’t that grow old by page 50, I wondered.
Silly me. Not only did page 50 sail by, I was very sorry to reach page 719. The End. What is going to happen to the lovely Sophia? Don’t leave me in the lurch, Amor.
A perk to these Q&A’s – I get the inside track on what happens after it’s all over. Sometimes.
Will there be a sequel? I asked the Manhattan-based author.
No. I’m afraid I am leaving the future of the characters in the capable hands of my readers.
Damn. On the bright side, Kenneth Branagh is producing and starring in a TV adaptation of the novel. He will play the witty, charming and wise lead character Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov whose life in the grand Metropol Hotel is anything but boring. The count’s days (and nights) are colourful and varied and rich with the times. I spoke to Towles about his inspiration, writing with humour and using the contours of history as a backdrop for character-led narrative. The full interview is posted here in 26, a site for writers to inspire the love of words.
And if one is in the market for a good Latvian stew. Look no further.
Here is Towles’ recipe as it appeared in the Bookclub Cookbook. And below is the count’s mouthwatering description of the comforting dish:
“The onions thoroughly caramelized, the pork slowly braised, and the apricots briefly stewed, the three ingredients come together in a sweet and smoky medley that simultaneously suggests the comfort of a snowed-in tavern and the jangle of a Gypsy tambourine.”
One last question for Towles:
What would you like your obituary to say?
Mr Towles was an ardent fan of early 20thcentury painting, 1950’s jazz, 1970’s cop shows, rock & roll on vinyl, obsolete accessories, manifestoes, breakfast pastries, pasta, liquor, snow-days, Tuscany, Provence, Disneyland, Hollywood, the cast of Casablanca, 007, Captain Kirk, Bob Dylan (early, mid, and late phases), the wee hours, card games, cafés, and the cookies made by both of his grandmothers.
Source:elenabowes.com