Paris to the Moon (CD-Audio)

from iammbb

An eminently readable series of essays about an ex-patriate American family of three in Paris. The French bureaucracy does not fare well but that's not surprising. Gopnik is genuinely fond of the Parisians and gives the American reader insight into those qualities which we tend to disparage.

from aaronbaron

Gopnik's meditations on France are insightful, funny, and humanistic. He peels away layers of shiny French surfaces to reveal an ethos both alien and attractive to our Americanisms. Features an outstanding story of a beloved local restaurant resisting conglomeration, as well as a striking analysi...

from michigantrumpet

Articulate reflective compilation of articles written over five years from Pairs for the New Yorker Magazine. Gopnik brings an underlying warmth and affection for Parians, and adds a lovely self-awareness, whic allows him to discourse knowledgeably on the differences between life in New York and ...

from Acia

A book with many layers Deceiving in the way that apparent mundane subjects contain deeper truths Having lived abroad most of my life the experience of the expatriate resonated with me Some passages were poetic and beautiful.

from RidgewayGirl

There are travel memoirs that become classics. While they take place at a particular time, they either manage to grasp what is eternal about a place or they perfectly capture a lost version of the place they're writing about. Down and Out in Paris and London captures the eternal of being poor in ...