A Different Stripe

Pages from the Goncourt Journals Reviewed in the NY Sun

Adam Kirsch reviewed Pages from the Goncourt Journals in yesterday's New York Sun. He writes:

Of all the cities that have served as literature's capital, none is more famous or infamous than the Paris  of the Second Empire; and no writers deserve more credit for its legend than the Goncourt brothers.

He also has some nice things to say about the Classics Series:

This edition...is the latest of many delightful books brought back into print by New York Review Books, whose imprimatur has become a reliable guarantee of reading pleasure.

We've posted an excerpt of the journals on our main site. You can download a pdf of it here and eavesdrop on the dinner conversation of the Goncourts, Flaubert, and Turgenev.

The Independent & Small Press Book Fair

People often ask, "Where can I buy your books?" Well, the weekend of December 2 & 3 the answer is: The nineteenth annual Independent and Small Press Book Fair in Midtown Manhattan.

If previous years are anything to go by, we should have a nice spot on the first floor, right near the entryway.

All books will be sold at a discount, and there should be other gifty things on offer as well, book lovers' holiday cards, guidebooks of all sorts, and of course many many books from the Children's Collection. And don't be surprised if there's a freebie or two to be had as well.

Where: 20 West 44th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, New York, NY
When: 12/2, 11 am–6 pm; 12/3 10 am–5 pm