Paris to the Moon

Now in paperback, the bestselling comic-romantic adventures of an American family in Paris is penned byThe New Yorker writer and author of the magazine's popular Paris Journal column. The story is rooted in the sentimental reeducation of a weary American through the experience of his son's childhood in France. A New York Times Notable Book of 2000. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The finest book on France in recent years.--Alain de Botton, The New York Times Book Review In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York City for the urbane glamour of Paris. In the grand tradition of Stein, Hemingway, Baldwin, and Liebling, Gopnik set out to enjoy the storied existence of an American in Paris--walks down the paths of the Tuileries, philosophical discussions in caf s, and afternoon jaunts to the Mus e d'Orsay.

But as readers of Gopnik's beloved and award-winning Paris Journal in The New Yorker know, there was also the matter of raising a child and carrying on with la vie quotidienne--the daily, slightly less fabled life. As Gopnik discovers in this tender account, the dual processes of navigating a foreign city and becoming a parent are not completely dissimilar--both promise new routines, new languages, and a new set of rules by which each day is to be lived. With singular wit and insight, Gopnik manages to weave the magical with the mundane in this wholly delightful book that Entertainment Weekly deemed magisterial.