NYRB Classics
Confusion
Stefan Zweig, introduction by George Prochnik, translated from the German by Anthea Bell
“Confusion is one of [Zweig’s] finest and most exemplary works…a perfect reminder of, or introduction to, Zweig’s economy and subtlety as a writer.” —Robert Macfarlane, The Times Literary Supplement
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The Sun King
Nancy Mitford, introduction by Philip Mansel
NYRB ClassicsNancy Mitford crafts a dazzling double portrait of Louis XIV and Versailles, recreating the daily life of the King, his court, and his ministers during France’s golden age. “Nancy Mitford gives vivid, indeed searching, portraits of the Grand Monarch, and of his awe-struck relations and courtiers…. Readers will wish that her book were twice as long. —Sunday Times
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Memoirs of a Revolutionary
Victor Serge, foreword by Adam Hochschild, translated from the French by Peter Sedgwick with George Paizis
NYRB ClassicsPerpetually fighting injustice, and seemingly always at odds with those in power, Victor Serge lived a life dedicated to revolution. Here the novelist tells his own story. Born to Russian exiles in Belgium, Serge took an active role in the Russian Revolution, though he was soon disenchanted with it and was expelled to France. From there Serge narrowly escaped the Nazis, ending up in the country that was to be his final refuge, Mexico.
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Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley, edited and with an introduction by Jonathan Lethem and Alex Abramovich
NYRB ClassicsAn original collection of stories from an overlooked master. “One of the few acknowledged humorists in SF, and by far the funniest, Sheckley plays with myths the way Mel Brooks plays with classic movies.” —The New York Times Book Review
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Taka-chan and I: A Dog's Journey to Japan by Runcible
Betty Jean Lifton, photographs by Eikoh Hosoe
The New York Review Children’s CollectionRuncible the Weimeraner digs a hole from Cape Cod to Japan, where he discovers Taka-chan, a little girl imprisoned by a sea dragon. Runcible will do anything to free his new friend the two head to Toyko, there to answer the dragon’s challenge to find the most loyal creature in all the land.
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Two NYRB Classics Translators win Prize
May 25, 2012
We are thrilled that Marina Harss, translator of Elizabeth Gille’s The Mirador: Dreamed Memories of Irène Némirovsky by Her Daughter, and Richard Howard, translator of Marc Fumaroli’s When The World Spoke French, and have been honored with the French-American Foundation and the Florence Gould Foundation's Annual Translation Prize in Fiction and Non-Fiction, respectively.
Michael Dirda on the stories of "a master of satirical science fiction."
May 21, 2012
In Thursday's Washington Post, Michael Dirda wrote about the NYRB Classics title, Store of The Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley.
Celebrate Children's Book Week!
May 7, 2012
From May 7 to May 13th, we are celebrating Children's Book Week, the longest running literacy initiative in the country. Children's Book Week was established in 1919 with the belief that children's literature and literacy have the power to change lives.
April showers bring May flowers—and May birthdays!
May 7, 2012
May Day wasn't the only celebration at the beginning of this month—there are also four literary birthdays: Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), Charles Simic.
Amsterdam Stories in the Bay Area and Boston
May 3, 2012
A Different Stripe:
The Blog of NYRB Classics
Revolution by ridicule: The Works of Albert Cossery
More »When the Future Stops Teasing Us: John Clute on Sheckley's Store of the Worlds
More »"He began to resent the time he had spent at work on the Foote farm. Having come to his studies late,..."
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