Da Parigi alla luna

I have to be honest. I bought this book because I liked the title. Then I got sucked in by the back cover. Who doesn't think the idea of running away w/ your adult family to Paris wouldn't be fantastic? Gopnik is excellent at revealing the sutle differences between life in the States and France that Leggi tutto

I am one of those people (and we are legion) who have an unrequited love affair going with Paris. It's not that Paris disdains or rejects me, of course; Paris has no idea I exist and wouldn't care less if she knew. Sigh. Adam Gopnik's book is one more love letter from another lover of Paris, and his Leggi tutto

The first reason this book was written, I believe, was so the author could impress all us ignorant English speakers with his knowledge of French. Actually, he should have just written this book in French and not annoyed us English speakers at all. The second reason was to greatly impress us with hav Leggi tutto

"دیدار اتفاقی با دوست خیالی" مجموعه جستارهایی است از آدام گاپنیک. از نکات جالب این کتاب پرداخت موشکفانه‌ی موضوعات پیش پا افتاده است که گاپنیک توانسته از درون آن‌ها حجم وسیعی از اطلاعات را ارائه دهد. جملات کتاب ساده و روان است. مسائلی که در این اثر به آن پرداخته کاملاً ملموس است؛ برای مثال گاپنیک جست Leggi tutto

There's some valuable stuff in this book, but mostly it's a lot of New-Yorker-house-style pseudo-profundity from a writer who's not particularly aware of his own privilege.

I can't say enough positive things about this book. Such intricate descriptions of such small things... you can savor it the way the French would want you to. It's a story of a beautiful life in a far away place-- but Gopnick tells it in a way that makes it so accessible (sometimes even ordinary) th Leggi tutto