I read Richard Hughes's novel A High Wind in Jamaica every few years, and just finished reading it again. Many novelists have inimitable voices, Austen, Dickens, Trollope, G. Eliot, etc. but they're consistent from book to book. This novel, though, is absolutely unique even compared to Hughes's three others. It's more like a vision than anything planned out consciously. Wuthering Heights is the only other novel I know that feels like that, although (of course) they're nothing alike. Francine Prose explains more eloquently than I could do (but if you read the NYRB Classics edition skip her introduction at first because it's chock full of spoilers).

Oh, and it's about some children captured by pirates! Highly recommend!

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“She could, with a single phrase, take you hostage.”—Jamie Fisher, @The_Millions

Written on Water, tr. Andrew F. Jones, ed. Jones and Nicole Huang, coming from NYRB Classics this spring.

The photo shows the printer’s proof of the cover, with glowing art by Stephanie Monohan.

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An NYRB author is on Mastodon—in a manner of speaking. Welcome Philip Guston! @PhilipGuston

We publish Ross Feld's book about Philip Guston, which includes a section of letters between the author and artist: Guston in Time. https://www.nyrb.com/products/guston-in-time?variant=40417356972200

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