''Paris to the Moon'' (2000, ,

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) is a book of essays by ''

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'' writer

Adam Gopnik Adam Gopnik (born August 24, 1956) is an American writer and essayist. He is best known as a staff writer for ''The New Yorker,'' to which he has contributed non-fiction, fiction, memoir, and criticism since 1986. He is the author of nine books ...

Overview

The essays detail life in modern

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and what drew author Gopnik to Paris.

References

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