Table For Two
Published on 8. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-80494-950-4 (ISBN)
Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
FROM 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 TIMES
Millions 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.
FROM 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 TIMES
Millions 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.
Reviews / Votes
Aficionados of Amor Towles 's carefully crafted fiction will be thrilled by this latest collection of elegantly presented short stories along with a novella. The tales focus on vignettes of turn-of-millennium New York life, while the longer Eve in Hollywood sees the reappearance of Rules of Civility's inimitable Evelyn Ross in 1930s Los Angeles. The recent adaptation A Gentleman in Moscow has raised the author's profile to new heights, and long-standing admirers and new readers alike will take great delight in this entertaining collection. A new novel soon please, Mr Towles * Observer * If you only take one book on holiday... Make it Amor Towles' short stories... Towles has a genius for immersive scene-setting, and most of Table for Two, a collection of six short stories and a novella, feels more mythically New York than a Woody Allen storyboard painted by Edward Hopper... There is a great deal to relish in Table for Two... The collection is varied but hangs so well together. If you take only one book on holiday this summer, you couldn't ask for a better literary capsule wardrobe * The Times * A knockout collection . . . Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner * New York Times * Amor Towles reminds you why books still do it best. Joyous, discreet and a pleasure to read, each timeless story reconnects you with your own humanity. Every perfect sentence leaves you nodding in wonder. There is no better writer working today -- Chris Cleave He makes it all seem effortless -- Tana French Towles is a craftsman * New York Times * Superb ... This may be Towles' best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef's main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart * Los Angeles Times * Delightful * People * There's more than a mischievous glint of irony in these scintillating, sly stories from Towles. Set in new York and L.A. the city locations are fertile territory for a writer a penchant for power plays between good sports and the unscrupulous machinations of chancers and con men... the collection closes with the brilliant Eve in Hollywood, a noirish tale of blackmail and blaggards starring Evelyn Ross, who has all the glamour and guts of an on- screen heroine. Wonderful * Daily Mail * Storytelling of the highest order * Irish Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80494-950-4 (9781804949504)
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05/2024
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Amor Towles is the author of New York Times bestsellers Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, The Lincoln Highway, and the short story collection Table for Two. His books have collectively sold more than eight million copies and have been translated into more than forty languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.