Table for Two Fictions
Table for Two Fictions by Amor Towles, published by Penguin Group on April 8, 2025, is a collection of shorter fiction that showcases Towles’s distinctive storytelling style. This edition features 464 pages and is presented in English. The book includes six stories set in New York City, primarily around the year 2000, alongside a novella that transports readers to Golden Age Hollywood. Each narrative explores the intricate dynamics of brief encounters and the complexities of modern relationships.
Readers will find a blend of drama, wit, and sophistication as Towles delves into the fateful consequences of fleeting moments. The New York stories examine the delicate mechanics of compromise within marriages, while the novella, “Eve in Hollywood,” follows the beloved character Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility as she navigates a noirish landscape of 1930s Los Angeles. With its engaging prose and rich characterizations, Table for Two offers a captivating glimpse into the lives shaped by desire and deceit.
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A New York Times Bestseller
“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
“The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath his coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv, the bait and switch; we see the flash of light before the shock wave strikes, often in the final sentence. . . . Table for Two delivers the kick of a martini served in the Polo Lounge.” – The New York Times Book Review
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, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting fiction.
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