This month NYRB Classics adds to its collection three remarkable nineteenth-century European
novels. Theodor Fontane’s Irretrievable tells the tragic yet beautiful story of
a married couple who begin to slowly and irreversibly drift apart. Bolesław Prus’s The
Doll is an epic masterpiece about the life, politics, and tumultuous social climate of late-nineteenth-century
Warsaw. Marcellus Emants’s gripping tale of murder and self-hatred, A Posthumous Confession,
is superbly translated by Nobel prize winner J. M. Coetzee. For a limited time, each of these February
titles is available at 25% off.
February 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m. |
Described by the BBC as “a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene” he is the author of several NYRB Classics including
A Time of Gifts,
Between the Woods and the Water,
Mani,
Roumeli,
The Traveller’s Tree, and others.
February 11, 2011, 2:41 p.m. |
We’re very, very pleased to announce the publication of Daniel Pinkwater’s cult
classic
Lizard Music as the newest title in The New York Review Children’s
Collection.
Lizard Music and more books for children ages 8-14 are available
at a limited-time 30% discount.
February 8, 2011, 3:56 p.m. |
Winter months have us wishing for long summer days spent outside.
While waiting for the first signs of spring, there’s no better way to
keep warm than spending some time baking something delicious in the
kitchen. With January 23rd marking National Pie Day, and February
declared National Pie Month, bakers everywhere will be digging through
their cookbooks for the perfect recipe to share. If you’re looking for
something truly unique to try, especially with the littlest of chefs
in mind, we have the perfect suggestion for you—Mud Pies!
January 24, 2011, 11:29 a.m. |
Our first releases of the year are by authors well known to NYRB Classics readers. The Traveller’s Tree by Patrick Leigh Fermor is “still the best piece of travel writing on the Caribbean” (The Guardian) and Conquered City by Victor Serge is a tragic novel of revolutionary terror. Both of these January books, as well as all NYRB Classics by Patrick Leigh Fermor and Victor Serge, are available at a limited-time 25% discount.
January 21, 2011, 12:36 p.m. |
This week marks the birthday of Quentin Blake, one of the most celebrated children’s book illustrators working today. Along with The New York Review Children’s classics, Uncle and Uncle Cleans Up by J.P. Martin, he illustrated more than three hundred books by such authors as Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, and Roald Dahl.
December 17, 2010, 3:39 p.m. |
This week we celebrate the birthday of the wonderful James Thurber by calling attention to two of his timeless classics available from our Children’s Collection. They are the perfect gift for anyone from 8 to 80.
“Thurber’s grown-up kids’ books,
The Wonderful O and
The 13 Clocks, long out of print, are back—rich with ogres and oligarchs, riddles and wit. What distinguishes them is not just quixotic imagination but Thurber’s inimitable delight in language. The stories beg to be read aloud…Thurber captivates the ear and captures the heart.” —
Newsweek
December 9, 2010, 10:34 a.m. |
NYRB Classics is pleased to announce the publication of the late Douglas Parmée’s new translation of Jules Renard’s
Histoires Naturelles.
“There is no real equivalent for the French word
esprit which is somewhere between and beyond humor and wit and which is essentially what these short commentaries on the bird and animal world display.” —
Kirkus Reviews
December 5, 2010, 10:03 p.m. |
NYRB Classics make fantastic book group selections. Often with introductions by contemporary writers, they are a fresh alternative for your next meeting.
November 30, 2010, 9:19 a.m. |
New releases from NYRB Classics: now in its first English translation,
Journey into
the Past by the great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig; a masterpiece of historical fiction,
Yasushi Inoue’s
Tun-huang; and a darkly comedic novel,
After Claude, by
Iris Owens. For a limited-time, each of the three November titles is available at 25% off.
November 23, 2010, 10:20 a.m. |
