In Mid-Air by Adam Gopnik
A collection of witty, illuminating essays on life, art and family by the acclaimed author and New Yorker writer
Nuanced, elegiac. . Gopnik's essays [...] owe much to the idea of Alistair Cook's Letter from America . . . single, deeply intelligent voices allowed to expand on a subject . . . You trust his judgement . . . The article of hope or faith that Gopnik still clings to is the idea that serious, humane thinking and writing, of the kind that teases out the truth of the world, can still generate enlightenment. [The essay form] as this collection nimbly demonstrates, allows you to watch and enjoy another mind confront the world at its most problematic. It feels like a dying art. -- Tim Adams * Observer *
Like a personal diary, the book serves as an unconscious time capsule . . . because of the care with which Gopnik develops his sketches, they serve as a gentle reminder of the fundamental absurdity of many of our obsessions.
Adam Gopnik has been writing for the New Yorker since 1986. He is a three-time winner of the National Magazine Award for Essays and for Criticism, and the George Polk Award for magazine reporting. From 1995 to 2000 he lived in Paris; he now lives in New York City with his wife and their two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786489227 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786489228 |
| Title | In Mid-Air |
| Author | Adam Gopnik |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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