Adam Gopnik

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

August 24, 1956

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An American writer, essayist and commentator. He is best known as a staff writer for The New Yorker—to which he has contributed non-fiction, fiction, memoir and criticism—and as the author of the essay collection Paris to the Moon, an account of the half-decade that Gopnik, wife Martha, and son Luke spent in the capital of France.

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Average rating: 3.71 · 10,192 ratings · 1,464 reviews · 44 distinct works · Similar authors

	Paris to the Moon 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 6,405 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 635 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King in the Window by Adam Gopnik, Omar Rayyan (Illustrator) 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 480 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Table Comes First: Family, France and the Meaning of Food 3.1 of 5 stars 3.10 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Essays 2008 by Adam Gopnik (Editor), Robert Atwan (Series Editor) 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter: Five Windows on the Season 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Steps Across the Water by Adam Gopnik, Bruce McCall (Illustrator) 2.94 of 5 stars 2.94 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Museum Today 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second.”
― Adam Gopnik, Paris to the Moon

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“Men choose Hamlet because every man sees himself as a disinherited monarch. Women choose Alice [in Wonderland] because every woman sees herself as the only reasonable creature among crazy people who think they are disinherited monarchs.”
― Adam Gopnik

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“American long for a closed society in which everything can be bought, where laborers are either hidden away or dressed up as nonhumans, so as not to be disconcerting. This place is called Disney World”
― Adam Gopnik, Paris to the Moon

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