{"product_id":"at-the-strangers-gate-9781400075744","title":"At the Strangers Gate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529267224919,"sku":"9781400075744","price":13.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781400075744.jpg?v=1731874951","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/at-the-strangers-gate-9781400075744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}