NYRB Classics discussion

Happy New Years all!

I've put this discussion in a new folder that is meant to hold only the debate on which books we should read, not the actual discussion once we are reading.

And to streamline decisions a bit we are going to pick books for both January and February at the same time.

I thought I'd start off by mentioning some of the recent and upcoming books, just in case they are appealing.

The end of last year we published:

Act of Passion by Georges Simenon
Alice James: A Biography by Jean Strouse (we haven't done any biographies yet, or even non-fiction)
The Adventures of Sindbad by Gyula Krúdy
The Letter Killers Club by Sigizmund Krzyzanowsky
Proud Beggars by Albert Cossery

For 2012 we have:
The Ermine of Czernopol by Gregor von Rezzori
Walkabout (made into a great movie by Nicolas Roeg, who directed 'Don't Look Now')
Berlin Stories by Robert Walser

I could read any of these titles, but we could also continue to explore the backlist as well.

Nick

I am new to this group and have been looking up the NYRB Classics backlist and have added these to my lengthy TBR list: The World of Odysseus , Blood on the Forge , Lolly Willowes : Or the Loving Huntsman , and Poets in a Landscape

I'd definitely be interested in The Letter Killers Club or The Late Mattia Pascal. But will be happy to read anything.

Karen, Welcome! You have some great selections there, I'm drawn to Blood on the Forge.

I too would be interested to read Blood on the Forge or The Late Mattia Pascal and I'll add one other that sounds wonderful, Sunflower.
Hello from me too Karen.

I read and absolutely loved The Letter Killers Club by Sigizmund Krzyzanowsky. If I had made a list of 2011 favourites, this would go on it.

I'd really love to read The Berlin Stories. I've heard so much about Walser. But I would certainly not be against reading the Late Mattia Pascal either!

Nick, also Dead Souls once it's released!

I would enjoy any one of the books you've noted. There's a lot of excellent choices here and in the NYRB archive. The Rider on the White Horse I marked to read.

Welcome Karen.

Mikki,
Dead Souls has been delayed until May so we'll have to wait on that.

Keep the titles coming, and in the next day or so I'll put these titles into two polls, one for Jan and one for Feb.

Nick

Berlin Stories is at the top of my list. I would also love to read The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig.

Anne wrote: "Berlin Stories is at the top of my list. I would also love to read The Post-Office Girl by The Post-Office Girl."

Anne, so The Post-Office Girl is now an autobiography? :D

Haha!. I didn't see that. I will fix it. I kind of like it, though.

Me too!

I'm happy to read anything this time and looking forward to getting going on something.

So sorry that I've been absent! Just got back from Seattle and didn't have much time to get to a computer.

I'm going to put two polls up now. I think we have enough suggestions to get a popular choice.

Nick