Tag: Amor Towles

Rules of Civility: This book is written by Amor Towles. You can download it freely in pdf format. On the night of October 4, 1966, Val and I, both middle-aged, attended the opening of Many Are Called at the Museum of Modern Art, the first exhibition of portraits taken by Walker Evans in the late 1930s. in the New York Times. York City subways with a hidden camera. It was what the social columnists liked to refer to as "a superlative affair." The men wore black ties, echoing the palette in the photographs, and the women wore brightly colored dresses with hems in all lengths from Achilles tendon to upper thigh. Unemployed young actors with impeccable features and the grace of acrobats served champagne on small round trays. Few of the guests looked at the photos. They were too busy having fu...