{"product_id":"at-the-strangers-gate-adam-gopnik-9781400075744","title":"At the Strangers' Gate: Arrivals in New York","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author of \u003ci\u003eParis to the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and beloved \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer, a memoir that captures the romance of New York City in the 1980s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Adam Gopnik and his soon-to-be-wife, Martha, first arrived in 1980, New York City was a pilgrimage site for the young, the arty, and the ambitious. But it was also becoming a place where both life's consolations and its necessities were increasingly going to the highest bidder. \u003ci\u003eAt the Strangers' Gate\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid portrait of this time, told through the story of one couple's journey--from their excited arrival as aspiring artists to their eventual growth into a New York family. Through a series of comic mini-anthropologies that capture the fashion, publishing, and art worlds of the era, Adam Gopnik transports us from his tiny basement room on the Upper East Side to a SoHo loft, from his time as a graduate student-cum-library-clerk to the galleries of MoMA. Filled with tender and humorous reminiscences--including affectionate reflections on Richard Avedon, Robert Hughes, and Jeff Koons, among many others--\u003ci\u003eAt the Strangers' Gate\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to New York striving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Gopnik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400075742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400075744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Adam Gopnik","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044568494335,"sku":"9781400075744","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3bdad831-0db5-4291-8aa9-2e7f96b531de.jpg?v=1684973598","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-strangers-gate-adam-gopnik-9781400075744","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}