Giveaway! A Film Box from Boxwalla
Come join in the giveaway fun! On offer to one lucky reader: a Film Box from Boxwalla, featuring Mike Leigh’s Secrets and Lies and Bong Joon Ho’s Memories of Murder!
Trevor Berrett
Robert Walser: Little Snow Landscape
Robert Walser’s Little Snow Landscape, recently published by NYRB Classics, is the perfect book to start as we get into spring. It will also be perfect for summer, fall, and, believe it or not, winter. I recommend it in perpetuity.
2021 International Booker Prize Longlist
This morning, the longlist for the 2021 International Booker Prize was announced.
Sterling HolyWhiteMountain: “Featherweight”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Sterling HolyWhiteMountain’s “Featherweight.”
Natalia Ginzburg: Valentino and Sagittarius
Last year NYRB Classics released Natalia Ginzburg’s novellas Valentino and Sagittarius in one lovely edition. I loved them!
Barbara Comyns: The Vet’s Daughter
As part of my quest to read ten books from the NYRB Classics backlist, I have finished the shocking — and great — 1959 book by Barbara Comyns, The Vet’s Daughter.
Jacques Rivette: Céline and Julie Go Boating
Today The Criterion Collection is releasing a two-disc home video edition of Jacques Rivette’s magical 1974 film, Céline and Julie Go Boating.
The Criterion Collection Announces June 2021 Releases
The Criterion Collection has announced what they’ll be releasing in May of 2021.