Book Talk: A Gentleman in Moscow

Description

Join us for a book talk and discussion on the New York Times Bestseller, A Gentleman in Moscow, with April Austin (C’84), books editor and deputy editor of The Christian Science Monitor Weekly. There will be time for questions with breakout rooms to discuss your insights from reading the book. April will begin the event by sharing insights into how the Monitor selects books and the process for reviewing them.

This webinar is a part of Monitor Night Live week. For more information about Monitor Night Live on Thursday, February 25, click here.

About the Book
A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in an elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count 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 a doorway 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.

Speakers

April Austin (C’84) is the books editor and deputy editor of The Christian Science Monitor Weekly. She is a graduate of Principia College with a BA in drama and a minor in political science. April returned to the Monitor in 2018 after a 12-year absence that included studying landscape design and freelance writing on the subjects of art and design. She served as communications coordinator at Harvard Kennedy School’s Wiener Center for Social Policy, senior marketing writer at Lesley University, and senior writer at Education Development Center.

For questions, email field@principia.edu or call 314.514.3149. 

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