Paris to the Moon

Copyright

Copyright © 2000 by Adam Gopnik

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

Much of the contents of this book was originally published in The New Yorker.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gopnik, Adam. Paris to the moon /Adam Gopnik. p. cm.

ISBN 0-679-44492-0

1. Gopnik, Adam—Homes and haunts—France—Paris. 2. Americans—France—Paris. 3. Paris (France)—Social life and customs—20th century. I. Title.

DC718.A44 G67 2000 944’.3600413—dc21 00-037297

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