Winter by Adam Gopnik
Winter takes us on an intimate tour of the artists, poets, composers, writers, explorers, scientists and thinkers who helped shape a new and modern idea of winter. We learn how literature heralds the arrival of the middle class; how snow science leads to existential questions of God and our place in the world; how the race to the poles marks the human drive to imprint meaning on a blank space. Offering a kaleidoscopic take on the season, Winter is a homage to an idea of a season and a journey through the modern imagination.
'As he's often proved, both in his previous books and in his pieces for The New Yorker, Gopnik can be a wonderful essayist, erudite, elegant and incisive.. there are flashes of brilliance here' Daily Telegraph. * Daily Telegraph *
'Gopnik's mind darts about like mercury as he tells his tale' The Times. * The Times *
'Long-time New Yorker staffer Gopnik examines via five well-wrought essays how winter has become coded into art, literature and our cultural memory' GQ magazine. * GQ magazine *
'The perfect fireside companion' The Observer. * Observer *
'Brilliantly insightful' Sunday Times. * Sunday Times *
'A fascinating read ... should be treasured' We Love This Book. * We Love This Book *
'Gopnik's mind darts about like mercury as he tells his tale' The Times. * The Times *
'Long-time New Yorker staffer Gopnik examines via five well-wrought essays how winter has become coded into art, literature and our cultural memory' GQ magazine. * GQ magazine *
'The perfect fireside companion' The Observer. * Observer *
'Brilliantly insightful' Sunday Times. * Sunday Times *
'A fascinating read ... should be treasured' We Love This Book. * We Love This Book *
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 | 9781780874449 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780874448 |
| Title | Winter |
| Author | Adam Gopnik |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-10-25 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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