Southern Gables Book Club Selection for November

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Could you live in an attic? Confined for the rest of your days, with only your own mental resources to build a full, rich, intellectually challenging life? Author Amor Towles brings us into just such a confounding conundrum in post-Tsarist Russia, in “A Gentleman in Moscow.” Please join the Southern Gables Book Club in exploring the life of Count Rostov, his attic room, and the expansive world he built within the walls of the Metropol Hotel. It could be a story of a dull, constrained life. But no…

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
— William Blake, “Auguries of Innocence”

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

From the Publisher:

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.

Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.

Wednesday, November 11 – Southern Gables Book Club

– A Gentleman in Moscow

The Book Club meets every other month on the second Wednesday, with rotating hosts. The book for November 11 is A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Get the book soon, and start reading so you can join the discussion!

To find out the location and reserve a spot for the November meeting, here is the Evite link to register on the RSVP list. You can also call or text Carolyn at 303-915-5503 to get on the list for future meeting notifications.

We hope to see you at the November discussion!

Books for 2027! We have a list of nominations for 2027. If you got the email for voting, reply with your votes no later than October 4. If you have not yet joined the book club and would like to join, you can contact Carolyn and ask for the list.