I love how nyrb look on the shelf as well. I am a huge fan of simple covers. JR doesn’t have the square on the cover! No chapter breaks 😳 oh boy. You have such an eclectic library. 😊
What a great selection! Thanks for sharing! Out of interest, would you consider doing a similar video for your Library of America collection? I'd definitely be interested to see your thoughts on those in more detail!
Great video. I am also a fan of NYRB Classics. I have a 50/50 mix between Kindle editions and physical editions. For the most part, the books I've purchased have been very good to excellent, but there have been a few that I did not like at all. Glad to hear someone talk about them.
@@strawberryorange3755 A few strong contenders come to mind. JR by William Gaddis (postmortem novel) Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams (kind of a western) Gold by Rumi (poetry) Nada by Jean-Patrick Manchette (crime novel) Fat City by Leonard Gardner (novel, boxing) On Being Blue William H. Gass (philosophy) There’s a little something for anyone.
@anotherbibliophilereads thanks for the recommendations. I think i might read Butcher's Crossing by John Williams as I am already familiar with this other book, Stoner.
@@anotherbibliophilereads _Muhammad_ for sure, _On Being Blue,_ the one about Latin American tyrants, and of course Rumi! I’ve been disgusted with “translations” that are more interpretations. That two-volume one has been on my mind for over a year now - it’s a lovely box, but I think pricewise you can do better buying them separately. But I haven’t taken the plunge…because I’ve heard what it’s about. 🤣
I have a few NYRB Classics in my collection. My favorite is _The Invention of Morel_ by Adolfo Bioy Casares, with a prologue by Jorge Luis Borges. Another favorite that I’ve read and reread is _The Big Clock_ by Kenneth Fearing, in which a man is assigned to track down a murderer, even though he knows the clues will unjustly point to himself. Other NYRB favorites: _Store of the Worlds - The Stories of Robert Sheckley,_ fun science fiction. Also _The Abandoned_ by Paul Gallico, an NYRB Children’s Classic in which a boy awakens to find that he has become a cat, and is educated by Jennie, a streetwise tabby.
Fun tour! Tyrant Banderas sounds super interesting to me. I’m going to have to see if I can find a copy in Spanish. The translated book of Rumi sounds really interesting too. I appreciated your notes on translation work too. So important to have a translator who actually speaks the correct version of a language.
You’re fortunate to have strong Spanish reading skill. Jorge el curioso is the limit of my skill. I would like to reread Tyrant Bandaras with the other novels about Latin American dictators someday.
I can see in Amazon this book from 2017 -> "Antología Ramón del Valle-Inclán: Tirano Banderas (con notas) (Spanish Edition)" Paperback - Seems like an annotated version which is better in order to get further insights in book's context.
Such a wonderful collection! Is that Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy at the back? I have yet to read my copy so I’m very curious about your thoughts. It is quite a chunky book so I’m very intimidated about taking on Melancholy 😅 Thank you for showing us your collection, such a pleasure!
Saw your "throwing-in-the-towel" video. Next time, instead of admitting defeat, why not just wear in video a progressively bigger (fake) mustache? And just like never mention it, but always subtly draw attention to it--pensively twining it around your finger, or even, at the very end, using it to point at things, incorporating it more and more ridiculously into invented, over-the-top mannerisms? I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts on Gass. I tried to read him when I was very young, but I couldn't get into him, in the same way I can't get into the poetry of John Ashbery. I had to keep pausing this video to write down some of these titles. I've been hankering for some good nonfiction lately. Thanks, Craig. So many great titles!!!!
I remember saying something about On Being Blue after read it at year. It was my kind of book, but probably not everyone’s jam. I’ll do a search tomorrow. The one I would have liked about a mustache would have been the ability to twirl it and say “ Mwahaha!”
Sorry I can’t help telling you: For „Uwe“ take the U of Uber, the w sounds like your v and the e like in debt. Oh well and in the last name the J is pronounced like y in young. That book has been lingering on my tbr far too long!
No problem. I know my pronunciation of foreign names is deplorable. It’s worse under pressure in front of a camera. I really need to bite the bullet and tackle Anniversaries. I have been toying with the idea of a one year with a daily page count corresponding to the diary entries. Not sure if that would make it easier or harder.
@@anotherbibliophilereads Somebody did that some years ago as a group read. Maybe Shawn the bookmaniac? And Britta? I’m not sure. I wasn’t able to follow through. Don’t like schedules with my reading.
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I love how nyrb look on the shelf as well. I am a huge fan of simple covers. JR doesn’t have the square on the cover! No chapter breaks 😳 oh boy. You have such an eclectic library. 😊
Thanks Sandy. JR is an experience unto itself. Is William Gaddis on the 1001 list?
Great selection. Thanks!
(Tyrant Banderas) Ramón María del Valle-Inclán was spanish (from Spain - Europe)
For some reason I thought his was from Latin America since his novel was set there.
What a great selection! Thanks for sharing! Out of interest, would you consider doing a similar video for your Library of America collection? I'd definitely be interested to see your thoughts on those in more detail!
I can do Library of America someday.
Came for the NYRB, and also see the Hard Case and Black Lizards.
@@JohnAlbright-f6o I’m surprised you noticed the Black Lizards. I don’t have them separated out like NYRB and HCC.
I wondered what those editions were on the shelf behind you. Nice books! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jim. NYRB Classics have something for almost everyone.
This was a great video Greg 😊
Thanks so much! Especially after seeing your short.
@@anotherbibliophilereads pretty cool Hugh? Anything for a friend 🙂
Great video! I would love to see a video of the entire NYRB collection
Coming soon! Maybe.
Great video. I am also a fan of NYRB Classics. I have a 50/50 mix between Kindle editions and physical editions. For the most part, the books I've purchased have been very good to excellent, but there have been a few that I did not like at all. Glad to hear someone talk about them.
Not enough people talk about these books.
Can you recommend me your favourite?
@@strawberryorange3755 A few strong contenders come to mind.
JR by William Gaddis (postmortem novel)
Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams (kind of a western)
Gold by Rumi (poetry)
Nada by Jean-Patrick Manchette (crime novel)
Fat City by Leonard Gardner (novel, boxing)
On Being Blue William H. Gass (philosophy)
There’s a little something for anyone.
@anotherbibliophilereads thanks for the recommendations. I think i might read Butcher's Crossing by John Williams as I am already familiar with this other book, Stoner.
@@strawberryorange3755 Stoner is another good one. But didn’t want two books by the same author on such a short list.
I immediately ordered the Mahumad. I found the idea of that book very interesting.
Hope you enjoy it! I need to see if I can find the time for it next year.
An unexpected number of these titles were already in my secret wish list, and now I have more. 😂
Now… do a show-and-tell of the leftovers? 🤔
So what titles did you add? I have so many NYRB Classics it would take multiple videos to show everything.
@@anotherbibliophilereads _Muhammad_ for sure, _On Being Blue,_ the one about Latin American tyrants, and of course Rumi! I’ve been disgusted with “translations” that are more interpretations.
That two-volume one has been on my mind for over a year now - it’s a lovely box, but I think pricewise you can do better buying them separately. But I haven’t taken the plunge…because I’ve heard what it’s about. 🤣
I have several NYRBs ... I've enjoyed them (Hard Rain Falling, for example)
I have the audiobook of Hard Rain Falling. It caused me to my subway stop when I was working in downtown Seattle.
I have a few NYRB Classics in my collection. My favorite is _The Invention of Morel_ by Adolfo Bioy Casares, with a prologue by Jorge Luis Borges. Another favorite that I’ve read and reread is _The Big Clock_ by Kenneth Fearing, in which a man is assigned to track down a murderer, even though he knows the clues will unjustly point to himself.
Other NYRB favorites: _Store of the Worlds - The Stories of Robert Sheckley,_ fun science fiction. Also _The Abandoned_ by Paul Gallico, an NYRB Children’s Classic in which a boy awakens to find that he has become a cat, and is educated by Jennie, a streetwise tabby.
So many good books from NYRB Classics. I have The Big Clock in the Library of America Crime omnibus.
of all wit's uses ,the main one
is to live well with who has none.
Fun tour! Tyrant Banderas sounds super interesting to me. I’m going to have to see if I can find a copy in Spanish. The translated book of Rumi sounds really interesting too. I appreciated your notes on translation work too. So important to have a translator who actually speaks the correct version of a language.
You’re fortunate to have strong Spanish reading skill. Jorge el curioso is the limit of my skill. I would like to reread Tyrant Bandaras with the other novels about Latin American dictators someday.
I can see in Amazon this book from 2017 -> "Antología Ramón del Valle-Inclán: Tirano Banderas (con notas) (Spanish Edition)" Paperback - Seems like an annotated version which is better in order to get further insights in book's context.
Such a wonderful collection! Is that Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy at the back? I have yet to read my copy so I’m very curious about your thoughts. It is quite a chunky book so I’m very intimidated about taking on Melancholy 😅 Thank you for showing us your collection, such a pleasure!
Yes, the Anatomy of Melancholy. Some I’ll build up the nerve to read it.
Julio Ramon Ribeyro is Peruvian, not Argentinian. The stories take place in Argentina? I don't think so.
I read it a few years ago so I could have misremembered.
Saw your "throwing-in-the-towel" video. Next time, instead of admitting defeat, why not just wear in video a progressively bigger (fake) mustache? And just like never mention it, but always subtly draw attention to it--pensively twining it around your finger, or even, at the very end, using it to point at things, incorporating it more and more ridiculously into invented, over-the-top mannerisms? I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts on Gass. I tried to read him when I was very young, but I couldn't get into him, in the same way I can't get into the poetry of John Ashbery. I had to keep pausing this video to write down some of these titles. I've been hankering for some good nonfiction lately. Thanks, Craig. So many great titles!!!!
I remember saying something about On Being Blue after read it at year. It was my kind of book, but probably not everyone’s jam. I’ll do a search tomorrow.
The one I would have liked about a mustache would have been the ability to twirl it and say “ Mwahaha!”
Here are my thoughts On Being Blue: ua-cam.com/video/MSwrl1IRx4k/v-deo.html
Sorry I can’t help telling you:
For „Uwe“ take the U of Uber, the w sounds like your v and the e like in debt.
Oh well and in the last name the J is pronounced like y in young.
That book has been lingering on my tbr far too long!
No problem. I know my pronunciation of foreign names is deplorable. It’s worse under pressure in front of a camera. I really need to bite the bullet and tackle Anniversaries. I have been toying with the idea of a one year with a daily page count corresponding to the diary entries. Not sure if that would make it easier or harder.
@@anotherbibliophilereads Somebody did that some years ago as a group read. Maybe Shawn the bookmaniac? And Britta? I’m not sure. I wasn’t able to follow through. Don’t like schedules with my reading.
Paradise is under the shadow of swords. Mahomet
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