NYRB Classics Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
NYRB Classics on X
Independent publishers of little-known classics + new translations. @NYRB_Imprints@zirk.us; More: https://t.co/Zg5gKvmUuu
Beyond Black
Hilary MantelNYRB ClassicsThe book has a lot in common with Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black, not to mention Jonathan Buckley's Live; Live; Live. And it's weird and funny and bleak.
Paperback, 2006
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Silentiary
Antonio Di BenedettoNYRB Classics"We are beset by noise. As the nameless narrator of Argentinian writer Antonio Di Benedetto’s 1964 novel, The Silentiary…would argue, it is the primary symptom of the disease called civilisation." —@romthomist @scroll_in https://scroll.in/article/1028395/the-silentiary-this-novel-from-argentina-is-classic-literature-for-victims-of-expectations
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Right to Be Lazy: And Other Writings
Paul LafargueNYRB ClassicsLucy Sante and Alex Andriesse will be chatting about Paul Lafargue, Marx’s son-in-law and the author of The Right to Be Lazy, today at 6 pm London time, 1 pm NY time. https://t.co/Cmw4VsXPdp
Paperback, 2022
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lies and Sorcery
Elsa MoranteNYRB ClassicsPart 2, chapter three of Elsa Morante's Lies and Sorcery (tr. @Jennymcphee) or _______? https://t.co/ptsT8NqLLP
Paperback, 2023
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay GreshamNYRB ClassicsWilliam Lindsay Gresham's Nightmare Alley, psychoanalysis, the tarot, and...the Church of Satan. A wide ranging essay by @tsokol @DenofGeekUS https://t.co/fzoWEM3VCb
Paperback, 2010
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Dog Tulip: Movie Tie-In Edition
J. R. AckerleyNYRB ClassicsFor something a little different, might we recommend My Dog Tulip by Ackerley? https://t.co/6M2W8fz9it https://t.co/IjXYGrJ03R
Paperback, 2010
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Bureau of Child Hygiene: Co-Operative Studies and Experiments by the Department of Health of the City of New York and the Bureau of Municipal R
N. y. ).NYRB ClassicsFor more on this, read S. Josephine Baker’s memoir Fighting for Life. Baker was the first director of New York’s Bureau of Child Hygiene from 1908 to 1923. https://www.nyrb.com/collections/s-josephine-baker/products/fighting-for-life?variant=1094929633 https://twitter.com/nychealthcommr/status/1468014623022583813
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Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell
Charles SimicNYRB ClassicsIn Parenthesis, books by Qiu Miaojin, Malicroix, On Being Blue,books by Jean Giono, Dime-Store Alchemy, The Ten Thousand Things, The Bridge of Beyond. https://t.co/bHTa2gQCVg
Paperback, 2011
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Netanyahus
Joshua CohenNYRB ClassicsOn that note (what the hell), let’s praise another small press that published a book that won a big prize this year, @NYRB_Imprints. Joshua Cohen’s novel The Netanyahus will formally be awarded the @PulitzerPrizes this week. And it’s on sale at the moment. https://t.co/w3XiN1gn7Y https://t.co/ZLqqOQbAbU
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A View of the Harbour
Elizabeth TaylorNYRB ClassicsLooks like we can count Steven Soderbergh among Elizabeth Taylor's fans. In 2022 he read A Game of Hide and Seek, Angel, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, and A View of the Harbour. https://t.co/WCXHFceU5X
Paperback, 2015
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book