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| Author | Adam Gopnik |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | House of Anansi Press |
Publication date | October 2011 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Paperback), Audio |
| Pages | 256 pp. |
| ISBN | 978-0-88784-974-9 |
| OCLC | 732948892 |
| Preceded by | Player One: What Is to Become of Us |
Winter: Five Windows on the Season is a nonfiction book written by Adam Gopnik for the 2011 Massey Lectures. Each of the book's five chapters had been delivered as a one-hour lecture discussing artistic portrayals of winter: its impact on culture and societies, polar exploration, and winter recreation. Each lecture was held in a different Canadian city: Montreal on October 12, Halifax on October 14, Edmonton on October 21, Vancouver on October 23, and ending in Toronto on October 26. The book was published by House of Anansi Press while the lectures were broadcast on CBC Radio One's Ideas between November 7 and 11.
While Gopnik was raised in Montreal, by 2011 he worked as a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine in New York City. Gopnik selected 'winter' as his general topic and spent nearly a year preparing for the lectures.