Table for twoMillions 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. Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication,

but also incredible acts of mercy and kindness from those who risk all to help the escapees on their way

but when his differences start to mark him out from his peers

When the Taliban took Kabul in 2021

Around the world

King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy

Nation Cymru

But in her soulless office - the large cold room she feels destined to spend her life in - he is a source of much-needed sustenance

When NYPD Ben Bradley tracks down Pilgrim

we all want to make sure we're doing it right

Together they disappear into their imagination and forge a world where a patch of grass reveals an archaeologist's dig

and the invented world

hoping that when the World of Men failed