/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18574236]

There’s a Holiday Weekend sale at NYRB classics
20 percent off two books
30 percent off three
40 percent off four or more

Free US shipping for orders over 50 dollars

Sale ends July 5th midnight Eastern US time

[Anonymous No.18574366]

Neat, these any good lads?

[Anonymous No.18574376]

>>18574366
I enjoyed Morte d’ Urban. Haven’t read the rest though

[Anonymous No.18574552]

>>18574236
Come the fuck on! Japan is a vassal state of the US. Fucking Hawaii is more independent than this shithole.

[Anonymous No.18574612]

>>18574236
Alright fellas help me trim this list. Not pictured: Stoner. Actually I realize that I can probably get that same edition on thrift books for cheap

[Anonymous No.18574623]

>>18574612
Retard alert

[Anonymous No.18574626]

Anyone read this one?
I enjoyed Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge and this sounds intriguing.

[Anonymous No.18574631]

>>18574552
That's what you get for LARPing as someone worldly in ching chong wing wongland.

[Anonymous No.18574651]

>>18574623
If you don’t mind older translations you can get Dead Souls for free as a pdf

[Anonymous No.18574657]

>>18574236
there's too much I want, have to narrow it down

[Anonymous No.18574681]

>>18574631
I fucking hate yanquis, but my life would be easier if they would annex this island for good. I want international free shipping!

[Anonymous No.18574708]

Loaded up on the bongs
Amis
One Fat Englishman
Fermor
The Traveller’s Tree
Henry Green
Living
Carr
A Month in the Country

[Anonymous No.18574764]

>>18574236
Hello, anons. this is my cart so far. I would like your recs for American lit published by NYRB. Nearly all the prose I read is in translation and I feel a little uneased about it considering I'm a burger and all. If it helps, I like books that reject location, so anything that feels otherworldly while still clearly being somewhere on earth, and not an alien planet or something. Anything that is fantastical or "anti-realist" while remaining literary, essentially.
>>18574623
I have read Dead Souls, Moravagine, and Stoner from your list. In fact, Moravagine was my first NYRB book, but that being said, Dead Souls is my favorite along with just about anything else Gogol has written.

[Anonymous No.18575253]

Bump for my NYRB Classics loving friends

[Anonymous No.18575294]

>>18575253
Got a bunch of books but immmost excited for the non fiction works. The Thirty Years War was right up my alley and appropriately massive. Hope it’s good

[Anonymous No.18575319]

Hey NYRB
I like your books, I will check it out.
I already have Life and Fate and Gaddis.
What are some gems ?

[Anonymous No.18575367]

>>18574764
The book On The Yard sounds interesting for American Lit

[Anonymous No.18575376]

>$27 shipping to UK

Shame.

[Anonymous No.18575379]

>>18574236
Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.18575398]

>buys books brand new
...are you retarded?

[Anonymous No.18575430]

>>18574236
Okay but I can get all of these for free by refund-scamming on AbeBooks with no delivery charges.

[Anonymous No.18575457]

>>18575398
not just that, they're buying -translations- lmao

[Anonymous No.18575483]

>>18574764
I consolidated all the American fiction into one expensive American history book. I have to agree with this anon >>18575294 there's something compelling about NYRB's nonfiction tomes.

[Anonymous No.18575521]

Any recs for authors who play with language and form while still having something to say. So far I am getting JR, probably one or both of Queneau's books and On Being Blue by Gass.

[Anonymous No.18575528]

Anyone read this? What did you think?

[Anonymous No.18575554]

just get an ereader lol
nice try nyrb

[Anonymous No.18575558]

>>18575554
>e-reader
How are people supposed to know what book you’re carrying around with you in public?

[Anonymous No.18575564]

>>18575558
>not just immediately telling everyone you see about what you are reading
ngmi

[Anonymous No.18575599]

Does anybody have PDFs/Epubs of Pages from the Goncourt Journel or the NYBR translation of Lazarillo de Tormes?

[Anonymous No.18575606]

>>18574366
all about h hatterr rules

[Anonymous No.18575702]

>>18575528
It's one of my all time favorite books. Search the /lit/ archives. It's well loved here.

[Anonymous No.18575712]

>>18575702
Thanks, I'll probably order it then.

[Anonymous No.18575714]

>>18575528
I enjoyed it despite remembering most of the major plot points from Latin class and the BBC version of I Claudius.

It’s a little different than I Claudius. Augustus’s wife isn’t as monstrous but still has her own agenda. She’s a bit cold but more pragmatic than homicidal.

The ending gave me a sad. When Augustus realized he fought so hard and brought peace and prosperity to Rome and the people turn out even bigger shitheads than they were during years of civil war

[Anonymous No.18575722]

>>18575554
>nice try nyrb
you're joking, but I wouldn't be surprised if OP is a NYRB intern

[Anonymous No.18575737]

>>18574623
Moravagine is too strange for my taste. I paid two dollars (when converted) and it felt like a waste of money.

[Anonymous No.18575752]

>>18575722
Would Jews dare to post here?

Alternately would NYRB ever hire a goyim? I’ll bet Sephardic is about as diverse as they would dare.

[Anonymous No.18575837]

What is the most beautiful and honest book in the sale?

[Anonymous No.18575851]

>>18575528
>Augustus wakes up from a nightmare. AURELIAN NO
teared up a little

[Anonymous No.18576304]

>>18574236
Thanks anon, good things coming.

Balcony in the Forest - Gracq
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country - Gass
Speedboat - Adler
Marshlands - Gide
The Seven Madmen - Arlt
J R - Gaddis
On Being Blue - Gass

[Anonymous No.18577289]

>>18575430
bump for research

[Anonymous No.18577708]

>>18575398
Rarely but i reallly like these editions
No i don't read in public

[Anonymous No.18577752]

Spent $187, can’t wait to get lit af

[Anonymous No.18577915]

>>18574236
Shill or no shill the quality of their paperbacks is almost unparalleled and barely age at all compared to the same Penguins or Oxfords I bought at the same time

[Anonymous No.18578009]

Publish the rest of Chateaubriand's memoirs please

[Anonymous No.18578029]

>>18577915
Most books including hardcovers are horribly printed and bound these days.

My NYRB recommendations:
The Merchant of Prato
The Rim of Morning

Both are very different. One is non-fiction history and the other is horror fiction.

[Anonymous No.18578033]

Any opinions of this book?

[Anonymous No.18578300]

>>18574236
https://www.nyrb.com/collections/classics/african-literature
Recc me something from their african lit collection(limited as it is)

[Anonymous No.18578368]

>>18578033
I thought it was a great read. Like an old adventure novel but entirely true.

[Anonymous No.18578377]

Remove one book from my cart.

[Anonymous No.18579383]

>>18578377
the shortest one ;)

[Anonymous No.18579392]

>>18579383
That is generally what I do.

[Anonymous No.18579408]

Even after the discounts these books are too expensive.

[Anonymous No.18579429]

>>18578377
Make sure you DON'T remove David Jones.

[Anonymous No.18580249]

>so many translations
at least i can save money

[Anonymous No.18580287]

>>18574623
Drop the Invention of Morel. Don't waste your money and your time on that garbage.

[Anonymous No.18580292]

>>18574681
>yanquis
Are you Argaytine?

[Anonymous No.18580301]

>>18578377
Remove In Parenthesis.

[Anonymous No.18580391]

>>18574236
What is this Jewry?? Why do they use USPS's expensive faggory? Fucking use DHL like a man.

[Anonymous No.18580435]

>>18580391
They want you to spend more money so you get the >free shipping, goy.

[Anonymous No.18580451]

>>18580435
It’s international
Free shipping is only for USA

[Anonymous No.18580470]

I'm too poor to afford their international shipping but I will post nice NYRB covers that I found.

[Anonymous No.18580477]

>>18580470

[Anonymous No.18580486]

>>18580477

[Anonymous No.18580492]

>>18580486

[Anonymous No.18580496]

>>18578368
Based. I’ll read it.

[Anonymous No.18580501]

>>18580391
>DHL
DHL is a joke!

[Anonymous No.18580509]

>>18580492

[Anonymous No.18580533]

>>18580509

[Anonymous No.18580548]

>>18580501
They've been pretty good in my experience.

[Anonymous No.18580593]

fuck nyrb and fedex

[Anonymous No.18580612]

Anyone read this one?

I liked the synopsis
And if Fermor likes it…

[Anonymous No.18580836]

>>18580470
I'm not too poor to but it doesn't seem like a good deal? Most of these are £9 on Amazon.

[Anonymous No.18580867]

>>18580836
It’s a good deal in the US.
With the international shipping costs, it’s not so much of a deal.

[Anonymous No.18580924]

>>18580867
Aye, you're right.

[Anonymous No.18580985]

>>18578009
This. There’s a website where you can read the entire thing in English but it doesn’t compare to having the thing in your hands. If it’s any consolation, the consensus is that the first part of his memoirs are the most literary anyway since they were written during the heights of Romanticism

[Anonymous No.18581019]

>>18580985
wtf, you mean this masterpiece is not in print in English?

[Anonymous No.18581066]

If any anons happen to live in Toronto, the BMV used bookstore chain carries a ton of NYRBs in really good condition. $5-$6 a pop. Most are down at the Bloor location I believe, though I know there's a small selection at the Eglinton one.

[Anonymous No.18581100]

>>18580509
Hell yeah, got the urge for more serge

[Anonymous No.18582329]

>>18579429
>>18580301
I'm going to need a third party here.

[Anonymous No.18582405]

It goes without saying if you haven't read Fermor you won't regret it.

[Anonymous No.18582445]

>>18574236
Does anyone know this one? Is it good?

[Anonymous No.18583288]

>>18581019
Nope, and it's a damn shame. Penguin has an abridged version, there's the NYRB first part, and that's literally it

[Anonymous No.18583319]

>>18578377
I'd hold off on the Lazarillo de Tormes. While it is a classic, it's well known enough that you can find it other editions for probably a much better deal than you would be for getting something that's only around like 100 pages. In fact, Penguin has an edition that has that AND another picaresque novel called El Buscon by no one other than the extremely under-read Franciso de Quevedo himself. None of those other books I believe are really in print anywhere else

[Anonymous No.18583340]

>>18580593
That's what you get for fagging it up in fake France land you ohh la la c'est Moi fuckboy.

[Anonymous No.18583344]

>>18574236
Those prices are gross. Probably still cheaper on Amazon and you’ll get them quicker

[Anonymous No.18583355]

>>18574764
Don't worry, the American lit published by NYRB is way inferior to the non-English titles chosen anyway (for the most part). Grab that new edition of stories by extremely underrated Adalbert Stifter or something whose writing should stand up there with Melville with some of his descriptions of nature (and protip NYRB, publishing some of Melville's lesser known works in your editions would certainly not be a bad business decision, and is worth 100 times the paper than another dumb horror anthology or some shit)

[Anonymous No.18583486]

>>18583344
The books on sale seem to be around 2-5 dollars cheaper than on Amazon. Not an amazing discount by any means.

[Anonymous No.18583539]

>>18574236
hey anon this was a genuinely nice thing to post! thank you!

[Anonymous No.18583592]

bump

[Anonymous No.18583598]

>>18583539
what did you get?

[Anonymous No.18583613]

>>18583355
I'm not OP but do you have any more recommendations? Doesn't even need to be from NYRB. I'll probably try out Stifter in German soon.

[Anonymous No.18583683]

This is great, real cozy Viking novel

[Anonymous No.18583728]

>>18583355
Seconding the request for more reccs

[Anonymous No.18583799]

>>18583486
I hate when companies do that. They’ll hike the price up and then have a “sale”

[Anonymous No.18584109]

>>18583799
NYRB books are all around $15-$30 normally, they do not hike the price, amazon just sells bellow cover price since selling the books costs them nothing, they can get by with making a $0.25 profit per book. NYRB is not just reselling, they need to make a profit to cover their expenses, as such they stick to cover price for most of the year and have a few big sales to tyy and turn the heads of some new customers.

[Anonymous No.18584117]

>>18574236
is there free international shipping?
do they do hardcover books?

[Anonymous No.18584143]

I always tell myself that one day I’ll check out some NYRB Classics at random. I never do it though because there is always something else that I’m interested in reading

[Anonymous No.18584226]

>>18584117
No and no.

[Anonymous No.18584279]

>>18580287
Take that back.

[Anonymous No.18584556]

>>18583613
>>18583728
I assume you want some underrated gems, because otherwise I'd obviously recommend everything by the obvious heavy-hitters Goethe and Mann (especially Goethe's memoirs Dichtung und Wahrheit which I would place above his Italian Journey because of how situated in history it is). Georg Büchner is an author well-known in Germany but is quite due for a new appraisal outside of it because he accomplished a remarkable amount in his short life and was an innovator in a truly German theater that left most contemporary plays coming out in other places like France in the dust.

Pic related though is one of the best things I think published by NYRB due to the almost total obscurity of Hungarian literature other than Bela Tarr in the Anglosphere. For its Berlin counterpart there's also obviously Berlin Alexanderplatz. A Journey Round My Skull is another title from an author well known in Hungary but obscure here that's a darkly humorous memoir about the effects on the mind of a writer from a brain tumor. Also would highly recc everything published by NYRB by the pseudo-aristocrat Gregor von Rezzori, who being born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was born in what is now a Ukrainian city, lived in Romania, was of Italian origin, and wrote in German. Other "fun" titles I liked was the wonderful Book of Ebenezer Le Page, Serge's memoirs and novel The Case of Comrade Tulayev, Shalamov's Kolyma books, and what is a totally unprecedented book called "The Glory of the Empire" by Jean D'Ormesson which has only about 100 ratings on Goodreads and is the closest I think we will ever get to an entire Borges novel

[Anonymous No.18584757]

If you like The Gulag Archipelago then get this

[Anonymous No.18584791]

How is it?

[Anonymous No.18585986]

>>18584757
Came here to recommend this. Have you read the second part yet?

[Anonymous No.18586057]

>>18584791
Don’t read the introduction or preface or whatever until after you finish it. It gives away a couple major plot points

It surprised me how much it effected me emotionally particularly since I didn’t like the main protagonist as an angry young man, but he changed and really grew on me.

[Anonymous No.18586146]

>>18574764
Is Apartment in Athens good?

[Anonymous No.18586383]

>>18580287

Filtered hard

[Anonymous No.18587121]

>>18586146
Sorry, but I haven't read it. I bought the book on its synopsis alone and it hasn't shipped yet.
>>18584556
American lit OP here to say thanks for the interesting recs. I actually bought Temptation in an NYRB sale a few months ago, but have yet to read it. I will start it today because of your post.

[Anonymous No.18587165]

>>18586383
No.

[Anonymous No.18587314]

thanks for the tip i went on a free spree

[Anonymous No.18587421]

>>18575376
$50+ to continental Europe. And since you anglobros left, it's been cripplingly hard to get literature in English over here, everything over 20 quid is subjected to import fees now :(

[Anonymous No.18587613]

For me it's Manchette and Malaparte. Dunno what that says about my taste.

[Anonymous No.18587890]

>>18587613
>Manchette
I tried The Mad and the Bad and it was underwhelming. What is his best?