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How to be the most interesting writer in Fiction | Amor Towles

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James Altucher

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4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

This discussion with Amor Towles offers a profound insight into his unique approach to writing, character creation, and thematic exploration across his notable works, including 'A Gentleman in Moscow' and 'Rules of Civility.' The conversation sheds light on Towles' years-long process of developing three-dimensional characters, reflecting on the societal roles and individual identities within his narratives.

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0:00.0

I have to say this next guest has recently become one of my all-time favorite writers and he is a very different kind of style that I'm used to reading

0:19.2

But his I started reading one of his books and it turned well it turned out to be the book that's just coming out

0:26.9

table for two which is some of his short fictions plus a novella called even Hollywood which I didn't know it at the time was the sequel to his first novel, Rules of Civility.

0:37.0

And then he wrote another book, A Gentleman in Moscow, which is one of the best books I've ever read.

0:42.0

In fact, by the time this podcast comes out,

0:45.3

it's gonna be a TV series starring Ewen McGregor

0:49.2

and looks amazing.

0:50.8

The book, again, all of his books are along the best fiction I've ever read.

0:57.7

So I highly recommend gentlemen in Moscow, table for two, Rules of Civility,

1:04.0

The Lincoln Highway is another book of his,

1:06.2

which actually I'm just reading right now

1:08.7

post-pocasts.

1:09.6

I hope I get a chance to talk to Amar Tolls again because I have questions now about the Lincoln

1:15.2

Highway and he was so open about his writing process and it's a really different writing process

1:20.7

than I've talked to all you guys know I've talked to a lot of writers over the past

1:25.3

ten years, and he has a very different process for his writing, he's very open about it,

1:30.9

such a pleasure to talk to, and I always enjoy talking to writers, but we really

1:35.5

went into depth, into his experiences and how he puts together his books and kind of the

1:41.0

experiences in his books.

1:43.4

I can't say enough about how much I admire this person.

1:46.6

Emer Tolls, author of a gentleman in Moscow,

1:49.5

author of the upcoming book of Short Fiction,

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