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About this listen

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.

In Towles’s novel Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September 1938 with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, “Eve in Hollywood” describes how Eve crafts a new future for herself—and others—in the midst of Hollywood’s golden age.

Throughout the stories, two characters often find themselves sitting across a table for two where the direction of their futures may hinge upon what they say to each other next.

Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting historical fiction.

©2024 Amor Towles (P)2024 Penguin Audio Anthologies & Short Stories City Life Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories Urban New York Witty

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Critic reviews

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)
Amor Towles has quickly become one of my favourite authors, if not my favourite. I’ve enjoyed all of his novels, they are both easy to enjoy but also very insightful. I really enjoyed his short story collection, especially the NYC section. However, I was slightly disappointed to discover that the second half of the book is essentially an epilogue/side story to Rules of Civility. It’s been a while since I read the novel and I didn’t remember all the details which made these stories less meaningful. I would have preferred stories with new characters. Despite that, I cannot fault Towles writing and ability to capture different human experiences in different time periods.

My favourite author, however…

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I just loved the final story. We've met Evelyn Ross before in Rules of Civility and this follows her life onwards and what a story. just loved it. thank you for writing this ( and in this case reading it)

just fantastic - Evelyn Ross - just, Wow

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A beautifully written work, superbly performed. It has been compulsive listening and satisfying in every way.

Outstanding

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Voices were perfect , excellent book . Really captured well . Gripping stories . Love how the last story all gets put together . Characters were all interesting

Excellent

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I am not a great fan of short stories but rhe author is such a fine storyteller that at no point did this disappoint. Beautifully balanced and complied and finishing with a perfect climax with the novella. Just left mewabting more.

One of the finest modern storytellers

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I’ve really enjoyed other works by AT, but this one seemed to be a caricature of its times and genre. The narrator did not help. Not enough gravitas, and often sounded like a man trying to sound like an actor.

Just too light

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Brilliant moving stories full of wit and poignancy. Really excellent gripping read. Will be buying the book for family and friends. Highly recommended.

Perfect pairing between author and narrator

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Disliked lengthy descriptions with examples of the statements made repeated when the meaning was already perfectly clear

Different voices the narrator procuced

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The first story was magical, just like A Gentleman in Moscow. It was such a shame the tale was only a short short as I wanted to hear the rest of the tale. Not all of the rest of the stories lived up to the first,, but all in all, Towles shows his artistry once more.

A stellar first story

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I enjoyed the book. I liked the short stories. I thought that the ‘Novello ‘ which came last was unusual in its telling the story from the point of view of individual characters. Will the author ever re attain the heights of A Gentleman in Moscow his second book?

The narration and the American patter.

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