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At the strangers' gate : arrivals in New York

Gopnik, Adam, author

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\"When 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. At the Strangers' Gate 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--At the Strangers' Gate is an ode to New York striving.\"--Page [4] of cover.

• Publisher: Vintage Books a Division of Penguin Random House LLC
• Subject: Gopnik, Adam Family. / Gopnik, Adam Friends and associates. / New York (N.Y.) Description and travel. / New York (N.Y.) Biography. / New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 20th century.
• ISBN: 1400075742, 9781400075744

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
F128.55.G669 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE