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Table for Two
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith Cameron
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
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The millions of listeners of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which 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.
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- 19-05-24
Didn’t love it
So one of the short stories was already available and table for two which I was really excited about is basically an extended epilogue of rules of civility. Eve takes an almost gatsby-esque persona where no one really knows who she is so a narrative is created about her, while she inserts herself into other peoples lives. Not a fan. Rules of civility is great though give that a listen.
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