New York Review Books

NYRB celebrates two literary birthdays in May!

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:53:40 -0400

May 20th marks the birthday of Honoré de Balzac, the inventor of the modern realistic novel. With his keen eye for detail and his unflinching assessment of character, Balzac has been considered a literary forbearer of Flaubert, Proust, and James. On May 22nd we celebrate the birthday of the multitalented Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930).

NYRB Poets Event at Unnameable Books

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:37:03 -0400

Unnameable Books and NYRB Poets will celebrate the publication of Alexander Vvedensky’s An Invitation for Me to Think with translators Eugene Ostashevsky and Matvei Yankelevich. The reading, which will be followed by a reception, will take place at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn on Friday, May 17, at 7pm.

A discussion of the genre novels of Kingsley Amis at the Half King

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:30:32 -0400

On Monday, May 6th writers Lev Grossman, Nathaniel Adams, and Jen Vafidis will discuss Kingsley Amis’s newly reissued works of genre fiction, the science fiction/alternative world novel The Alteration and the ghost story The Green Man. Join us at 7pm at the Half King Bar & Restaurant at 505 W 23rd Street in New York City.

More NYC events celebrating Alexander Vvedensky

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:00:33 -0400

On April 20th, Poets House will host a colloquium to celebrate the publication of An Invitation for Me to Think. On April 22nd, the Poetry Project will host a reading.

Renata Adler at The Center for Fiction

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:58:51 -0400

On Tuesday April 16th at 7pm, Renata Adler will read from and talk about her two classic novels, Speedboat and Pitch Dark, at The Center for Fiction in New York City.

Alexander Vvdensky’s An Invitation for Me to Think: Reading and Discussion at NYU Humanities Initiative

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:01:50 -0400

On April 11th at 6pm, an all-star line-up of Richard Sieburth, Michael Kunichika, Eugene Ostashevsky, and Matvei Yankelevich will convene at NYU Humanities Initiative to celebrate the publication of Alexander Vvedensky’s An Invitation For Me to Think (translated by Eugene Ostashevsky, with additional translations by Matvei Yankelevich).

Don Share on Miguel Hernández at Poets House

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:01:12 -0400

On April 9th at 7pm, Poetry magazine senior editor Don Share will read from and discuss his translation of Miguel Hernández’s poems, published this month in the new NYRB Poets series, at Poets House.

Praise for Paul Gallico's classic cat tale, 'The Abandoned'

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:25:32 -0400

In this past weekend’s Wall Street Journal, Meghan Cox Gurdon wrote, “Many adults have sought over the years to recall the strange, emotionally rich adventure told in The Abandoned. It is these readers—and bookish current children ages 10 and older—who will most appreciate the book’s handsome reissue.”

Renata Adler and David Shields at The Strand

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:17:16 -0400

Tonight, April 5, at 7pm, Renata Adler, author of Speedboat and Pitch Dark (recently released by NYRB Classics) will join David Shields for a conversation with Daily Beast books editor Lucas Wittman at the Strand bookstore.

Alexander Vvedensky Book Launch

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:00:07 -0400

On March 27, Join NYRB Classics editor Edwin Frank and translators Eugene Ostashevsky and Matvei Yankelevich as we celebrate the work of Alexander Vvedensky, one of the most influential poets and thinkers of twentieth-century Russia. An Invitation for Me to Think is the first book of Vvedensky’s poems to appear in English.

NYRB Classics and Film Forum

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:28:05 -0500

On Sunday, February 24, at 1:00 pm, New York Review of Books contributor Geoffrey O’Brien will introduce a Film Forum screening of Elio Petri’s The Tenth Victim, a movie based Robert Sheckley’s 1953 story “The Seventh Victim,” which is included in NYRB Classics’s collection of Sheckley’s fiction, Store of the Worlds.

Happy Birthday to Edward Gorey

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:11:06 -0500

It’s not only George Washington who was born on February 22nd. Famed writer and illustrator Edward Gorey, who passed away in 2000, would have been 88 today—an occasion Google has marked with a doodle on their homepage.

Vladimir Sorokin and Intizar Husain nominated for Man Booker International Prize 2013

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:17:11 -0500

The finalists for the coveted Man Booker International Prize 2013 have been announced. We are delighted that two NYRB Classics authors are among them: Intizar Husain and Vladimir Sorokin.

William McPherson’s 'Testing the Current' Lauded in 'The Atlantic;' McPherson to Speak in Washington, DC

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:49:10 -0500

“Duly recognized as a flawless literary achievement when it was published in 1984, this superb, long-out-of-print first novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winning critic McPherson has finally been reissued,” begins The Atlantic’s review of NYRB Classics most recent release, Testing the Current.

Daniel Mendelsohn's 'Waiting for the Barbarians' an NBCC Finalist

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:28:13 -0500

Today the National Book Critics Circle announced its book award finalists for the publishing year of 2012. Among the nominees for the best book of Criticism is Waiting for the Barbarians by Daniel Mendelsohn.