The New York Review of Books - USA (2020-04-09)

Vincent’s Books

Van Gogh and the Writers Who

Inspired Him

Mariella Guzzoni

“Books and reality and art are the same
kind of thing for me.”
—Vincent Van Gogh

A gorgeously illustrated biography that
will appeal to any book lover.
Cloth $25.

King of the World

The Life of Louis XIV

Philip Mansel

“You will fi nd no more comprehen-

sive biography of this extraordinary

monarch.... (Mansel’s) genius lies in

unpacking the complexities of Louis’

royal court. Th e contrast is chillingly

made between a starving country and

the deplorable but engrossing ostenta-

tion of Louis’ reign.”—Financial Times

Cloth $35.

Charter School City

What the End of Traditional
Public Schools in New Orleans

Means for American Education

Douglas N. Harris

“Harris does a great service to the

ongoing eff orts to reform education
in this country by adeptly telling the

many sides of this complex story.”
—Howard Fuller, Institute for the
Transformation of Learning at

Marquette University
Paper $20.

Around the World in

80 Words

A Journey through the English

Language

Paul Anthony Jones

“Do read this book in the correct

order—the author has gone to great

lengths to make sense of his eccentric

itinerary—but be mindful of the tur-

key. To read it all at once would be like

swallowing the globe. Don’t skip the

footnotes, which are like delicious side

dishes.”—Times Literary Supplement

Paper $18.

Blood Ties

A Story of Falconry and
Fatherhood

Ben Crane

“Memorably sharp.... A powerful
story of the ties that bind us, both to

nature and our own families.”
—Times Literary Supplement
Paper $18.

Louder Than Bombs

A Life with Music, War, and Peace

Ed Vulliamy

“Vulliamy conveys the sense that

music is a deeply essential part of being

human.... Th is book is an ambitious

exploration of the soundtrack of his

eventful life and how music inspired

him to keep asking, ‘what is going

on?’”—Irish Times

Paper $20.

Mental Traveler

A Father, a Son, and a Journey

through Schizophrenia

W. J. T. Mitchell

“A father’s account, a humane case
study of a person with schizophrenia,
and above all a beautiful elegy for

a bright and creative and troubled
life lost.”—Greg Bottoms, author of
Angelhead
Cloth $22.

Chicago

Apartments

A Century and Beyond of

Lakefront Luxury

Second Edition

Neil Harris with

Teri J. Edelstein

With a Foreword by Sara Paretsky

“Without thinking about it consciously,

I was in love with the buildings put up

between 1915 and 1930. Harris gives a

brief history of the changes in money,

tastes, and design between that period

and the modern.”—from the Foreword

by Sara Paretsky

Cloth $85.

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