Through the Children's Gate
A Home in New York
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 318 pages ; 25 cm
Following Gopnik's Paris to the Moon, the adventure continues against the panorama of another storied city. Autumn, 2000: the Gopnik family moves back to a New York that seems, at first, safer and shinier than ever. Here are the triumphs and travails of father, mother, son and daughter; and of the teachers, coaches, therapists, adversaries and friends who round out the extended urban family. From Bluie, a goldfish fated to meet a Hitchcockian end, to Charlie Ravioli, an imaginary playmate who, being a New Yorker, is too busy to play, Gopnik's New York is charmed by the civilization of childhood. It is a fabric of living, which, though rent by the events of 9/11, will reweave itself, reviving a world where Jewish jokes mingle with debates about the problem of consciousness, the price of real estate and the meaning of modern art.--From publisher description.
Subjects:
Gopnik, Adam -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Gopnik, Adam -- Family.
Home -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
Home -- New York (State) -- New York -- Psychological aspects.
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Gopnik, Adam -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Gopnik, Adam -- Family.
Home -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
Home -- New York (State) -- New York -- Psychological aspects.
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN:
1400041813
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Gopnik, Adam | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |