tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post445244471485759798..comments2024-02-20T03:18:43.590-05:00Comments on Magnificent Octopus: I♥NYRBIsabella Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-88674818216840612062010-04-16T23:30:27.881-04:002010-04-16T23:30:27.881-04:00Isabella, I might have to steal your idea and do a...Isabella, I might have to steal your idea and do a post on this! Would that be OK? I think I have about 25-30 NYRB titles because I bought a bunch of them remaindered last year one weekend, and I can't stop buying the new releases either. Ones I crave: the new Tayeb Salih short story thing (<em>The Wedding of Zein</em>), Bioy Casares' <em>The Invention of Morel</em> (I have it in Spanish, but I want the one with Louise Brooks on the cover!), and just about every other one I don't already own. I think the artwork is mostly great, but occasionally they come out with a cover that looks like bad clip art from the '70s and '80s. Stefan Zweig's <em>Chess Story</em>, I'm talking about you!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-13186214176163925882010-04-16T22:47:52.747-04:002010-04-16T22:47:52.747-04:00I love these, too. They are so nicely designed. ...I love these, too. They are so nicely designed. At the moment (and by chance really) I am reading two NYRBs--The Go Between by L.P. Hartley and A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor--both excellent. I want the Olivia Manning trilogy that I already own, but still covet the NYRB edition. I had no idea there were so many things going on with their books. If you like Stefan Zweig, by the way, I highly recommend Beware of Pity (another of their titles)--it was one of my favorite books last year.Daniellehttp://www.danitorres.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-65606422551918455872010-04-16T18:57:40.071-04:002010-04-16T18:57:40.071-04:00I've just been discovering NYRB books over the...I've just been discovering NYRB books over the past six months or so, but now there are several I'm coveting, including <em>The Invention of Morel</em>, <em>Clandestine in Chile</em>, and <em>The Post-Office Girl</em>. I do already own <em>That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana</em>, so maybe I can prioritize that for May.Emilyhttp://www.eveningallafternoon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-26797144366506378062010-04-16T16:39:37.196-04:002010-04-16T16:39:37.196-04:00I've been coveting the three JG Farrells! I ag...I've been coveting the three JG Farrells! I agree the NYRBs are wonderful, in all aspects.clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397226316253896335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-15085092371812670892010-04-16T16:20:56.886-04:002010-04-16T16:20:56.886-04:00I really want To the Finland Station by Edmund Wil...I really want To the Finland Station by Edmund Wilson and Education of a Gardener by Russell Page. The NYRBs are such pretty books!Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-8209613539099950312010-04-16T07:21:35.780-04:002010-04-16T07:21:35.780-04:00I definitely want the Jean Stafford! I've had ...I definitely want the Jean Stafford! I've had her in the back of my mind for about 20 years now and I'll be pre-ordering The Mountain Lion just as soon as I get my next Amazon gift card.<br /><br />I recently ordered The Invention of Morel--it should arrive next week.<br /><br />I've an entire shelf of NYRBs. Guess I'll soon have the beginnings of a second shelf. I love them muchly.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.com