LETTERS TO GISÈLE (NYRB Poets, 533 pp., $28) is now available for the first time in English, translated by Jason Kavett. At 416 pages, it omits much that is available in the French and German ...

Available from: Any local bookstore with a steady supply of NYRB paperbacks, Moominland. My mother, an Isak Dinesen zealot, introduced me to the film version of “Out of Africa” when I was too ...

“He breaks your spirit with a word,” says Émilie, the wife of the title character of “Monsieur Teste” (a play on tête, or head, in French). He is a man who is all intellect and who ...

As I write this on the third anniversary of the Book Pages (remember the first and the second?), I’m looking back at the books, Q&As and conversations of 2024, and I’m once again surprised by ...

Alexander Hack - Inks deal with Red Bulls Hack has signed with the New York Red Bulls out of free agency, according to his new club. Impact Hack has found a new landing spot after departing Mainz ...

“We are excited to add a player of Maxim’s caliber to our roster,” said NYRB Head of Sport Jochen Schneider. “Maxim is a great player, a winner and his experience in Europe’s top leagues will be ...

Tom Fitzharris and Edward Gorey met one afternoon in 1974 when Fitzharris, long a fan of Gorey’s books and illustrations, bumped into him outside of the Town Hall, the performance space in Midtown ...