{"product_id":"paris-to-the-moon-paperback","title":"Paris to the Moon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - \"The finest book on France in recent years.\"--Alain de Botton, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York City for the urbane glamour of Paris. In the grand tradition of Stein, Hemingway, Baldwin, and Liebling, Gopnik set out to enjoy the storied existence of an American in Paris--walks down the paths of the Tuileries, philosophical discussions in caf s, and afternoon jaunts to the Mus e d'Orsay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as readers of Gopnik's beloved and award-winning \"Paris Journal\" in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e know, there was also the matter of raising a child and carrying on with \u003ci\u003ela vie quotidienne\u003c\/i\u003e--the daily, slightly less fabled life. As Gopnik discovers in this tender account, the dual processes of navigating a foreign city and becoming a parent are not completely dissimilar--both promise new routines, new languages, and a new set of rules by which each day is to be lived. With singular wit and insight, Gopnik manages to weave the magical with the mundane in this wholly delightful book that \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e deemed \"magisterial.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eParis. The name alone conjures images of chestnut-lined boulevards, sidewalk cafes, breathtaking faades around every corner--in short, an exquisite romanticism that has captured the American imagination for as long as there have been Americans. \u003cbr\u003eIn 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York City for the urbane glamour of the City of Light. Gopnik is a longtime \"New Yorker writer, and the magazine has sent its writers to Paris for decades--but his was above all a personal pilgrimage to the place that had for so long been the undisputed capital of everything cultural and beautiful. It was also the opportunity to raise a child who would know what it was to romp in the Luxembourg Gardens, to enjoy a croque monsieur in a Left Bank cafe--a child (and perhaps a father, too) who would have a grasp of that Parisian sense of style we Americans find so elusive. \u003cbr\u003eSo, in the grand tradition of the American abroad, Gopnik walked the paths of the Tuileries, enjoyed philosophical discussions at his local bistro, wrote as violet twilight fell on the arrondissements. Of course, as readers of Gopnik's beloved and award-winning \"Paris Journals\" in \"The New Yorker know, there was also the matter of raising a child and carrying on with day-to-day, not-so-fabled life. Evenings with French intellectuals preceded middle-of-the-night baby feedings; afternoons were filled with trips to the Musee d'Orsay and pinball games; weekday leftovers were eaten while three-star chefs debated a \"culinary crisis.\" \u003cbr\u003eAs Gopnik describes in this funny and tender book, the dual processes of navigating a foreign city and becoming a parent are not completelydissimilar journeys--both hold new routines, new languages, a new set of rules by which everyday life is lived. With singular wit and insight, Gopnik weaves the magical with the mundane in a wholly delightful, often hilarious look at what it was to be an American family man in Paris at the end of the twentieth century. \"We went to Paris for a sentimental reeducation-I did anyway-even though the sentiments we were instructed in were not the ones we were expecting to learn, which I believe is why they call it an education.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnik\u003c\/b\u003e has been writing for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker s\u003c\/i\u003eince 1986, and his work for the magazine has won the National Magazine Award for Essay and Criticism as well as the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting. He broadcasts regularly for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the author of the article on the culture of the United States in the last two editions of the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia Britannica\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1995 to 2000, Gopnik lived in Paris, where the newspaper \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e praised his witty and Voltairean picture of French life and the weekly magazine \u003ci\u003eLe Point\u003c\/i\u003e wrote, It is impossible to resist delighting in the nuances of his articles, for the details concerning French culture that one discovers even when one is French oneself. He now lives in New York with his wife, Martha Parker, and their two children, Luke and Olivia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 7.94 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755643109664,"sku":"9780375758232","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b094d06bf885f6b173fa0ac39934a116.webp?v=1780064507","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/paris-to-the-moon-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}