At the Strangers' Gate. Arrivals in New York. First UK Printing

Gopnik, Adam

ISBN 10: 1786489198 / ISBN 13: 9781786489197

Published by London. Riverrun/Quercus Editions Ltd, 2017

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London. Riverrun/Quercus Editions Ltd. 2017. First Edition/First Printing (1 in number line on copyright page). Hard Cover. Medium 8vo 9½" x 6  [24cm x 15cm] approx. 253 pp. Royal blue cloth boards with silver titles to the spine. Pristine text block. Very minor crease at the head of the spine. No other wear; condition practically fine. Pictorial dust wrapper with artwork by Chip Kidd. Condition is just about fine with no wear. When the author left the comforts of home in Montreal for New York, the city then, much like today, was a pilgrimage site for the young, the arty, and the ambitious. But it was also becoming a city of greed, where both life's consolations and its necessities were increasingly going to the highest bidder. transports us to his tiny basement room on the Upper East Side, and later to SoHo, where he captures a unicorn: an affordable New York loft. He takes us through his professional meanderings, from graduate student-cum-library-clerk to the corridors of Conde Nast and the galleries of MoMA. Between tender and humorous reminiscences, including affectionate portraits of Richard Avedon, Robert Hughes, and Jeff Koons, among many others, Gopnik discusses the ethics of ambition, the economy of creative capital, and the peculiar anthropology of art and aspiration in New York, then and now. The jacket will be covered with an inert archival protective sleeve which is removable. Seller Inventory # YR3SEP19007

Bibliographic Details

Title: At the Strangers' Gate. Arrivals in New York...

Publisher: London. Riverrun/Quercus Editions Ltd

Publication Date: 2017

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

'A dazzling talent' Malcolm Gladwell

When Adam Gopnik and his soon-to-be-wife, Martha, left the comforts of home in Montreal for New York, the city then, much like today, was a pilgrimage site for the young, the arty, and the ambitious. But it was also becoming a city of greed, where both life's consolations and its necessities were increasingly going to the highest bidder.

At the Strangers' Gate builds a portrait of this particular moment in New York through the story of this couple's journey--from their excited arrival as aspiring artists to their eventual growth into a New York family. Gopnik transports us to his tiny basement room on the Upper East Side, and later to SoHo, where he captures a unicorn: an affordable New York loft. He takes us through his professional meanderings, from graduate student-cum-library-clerk to the corridors of Conde Nast and the galleries of MoMA.

Between tender and humorous reminiscences, including affectionate portraits of Richard Avedon, Robert Hughes, and Jeff Koons, among many others, Gopnik discusses the ethics of ambition, the economy of creative capital, and the peculiar anthropology of art and aspiration in New York, then and now.

About the Author:

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.