Paris to the Moon
Encyclopedia
Paris to the Moon is a book of essays by The New Yorker
writer Adam Gopnik
. The essays detail life in Paris
, France
by a North American transplant and explain the difference in culture, including the differences in physical fitness
attitudes (the French do not obsess the way Americans and Canadians do).
Another essay called "The Rookie" details how Gopnik's child, taken to France as a baby, grows up with no knowledge of baseball. Gopnik repeatedly attempts to explain the game to his son throughout the book. This essay was later recorded for the public radio program This American Life
by Gopnik himself. Gopnik later moved back to the United States, giving his son the opportunity to grow up seeing and playing baseball.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
writer Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik, is an American writer, essayist and commentator. He is best known as a staff writer for The New Yorker—to which he has contributed non-fiction, fiction, memoir and criticism—and as the author of the essay collection Paris to the Moon, an account of five years that Gopnik, his wife...
. The essays detail life in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
by a North American transplant and explain the difference in culture, including the differences in physical fitness
Physical fitness
Physical fitness comprises two related concepts: general fitness , and specific fitness...
attitudes (the French do not obsess the way Americans and Canadians do).
Another essay called "The Rookie" details how Gopnik's child, taken to France as a baby, grows up with no knowledge of baseball. Gopnik repeatedly attempts to explain the game to his son throughout the book. This essay was later recorded for the public radio program This American Life
This American Life
This American Life is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by WBEZ and hosted by Ira Glass. It is distributed by Public Radio International on PRI affiliate stations and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays,...
by Gopnik himself. Gopnik later moved back to the United States, giving his son the opportunity to grow up seeing and playing baseball.