![]() ![]() Visitors arrive and leave, sharing their tales with the count who attempts to understand the happenings of the outside world.Īpart from the beauty created by the setting of the Metropol, given the time frame, it is set in, A Gentleman in Moscow also explores the rise of Bolshevism after the end of the 1917 Russian Revolution. ![]() As a result of his interaction with her, the Metropol becomes a world of its own, where the count is able to explore the vast number of rooms and adopts the imaginative capabilities and sense of adventure that Nina provides. ![]() In the hotel, he has meaningful interactions from Emile, the cook with a very short temper, to the very lovely Nina Kulikova, a nine-year old who gives him the pass key to all the rooms in the Hotel, allowing him to create adventures even as she leaves the Hotel. However, he soon realises his sense of isolation and loneliness a few weeks into his stay. He attempts to go about his normal daily routine from visiting the barber to having meals at one of the two restaurants in the Metropol. What better time to read an old thick book than when confined to the luxurious Metropol. In his room, he attempts to read “The Essays of Montaigne” by Michael de Montaigne, a book that belonged to his father, which he had never found the time to read. ![]() During the first few weeks of his stay at the hotel, he attempts to hold his head up high and has no interest in holding any anger or bitterness. ![]()
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