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On Being with Krista Tippett
Gopnik described this children's book as the most important he's written, pouring his personal mythology into it to explore the experience of soulfulness. He used the allegory of a father losing his soul to the master of mirrors (transposed to the world of screens) and his son's rescue mission.
Of all the books I've ever written, Krista, the one that was most important for me and to which I poured the most of myself in my own personal mythology was apparently a children's book I wrote called...
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Episode: [Unedited] Adam Gopnik with Krista Tippett
Gopnik described this children's book as the most important he's written, pouring his personal mythology into it to explore the experience of soulfulness. He used the allegory of a father losing his soul to the master of mirrors (transposed to the world of screens) and his son's rescue mission.
Of all the books I've ever written, Krista, the one that was most important for me and to which I poured the most of myself in my own personal mythology was apparently a children's book I wrote called The King in the Window, which I wrote for my son Luke.