"A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say" - Italo Calvino

Dear {NAME}, A membership in the [NYRB Classics Book Club]( ensures a monthly literary surprise. Each month, the editors select one book from our newest titles and send it to members as soon as it is available. The club is the most inexpensive way to own the books published in our acclaimed series. Join by August 15 and you’ll receive this month’s selection, A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939-1940 by Iris Origo. “It’s almost impossible to imagine a better time to read A Chill in the Air,” Cynthia Zarin wrote in The New Yorker last week. “Trenchant, intelligent, and written with a cool head, the book records the months before Italy’s descent into the Second World War, when Mussolini’s relationship with Hitler was being presented to the Italian public via a campaign of misinformation, what we would now call fake news. As the title indicates, it’s a chilling read.” [Read more]( Annual membership in the club, including free shipping in the US, is $150. Order now and you’ll not only receive A Chill in the Air, you'll also get a free bonus book: The Human Comedy: Selected Stories by Honoré de Balzac, an unequaled overview of the great writer’s obsessions and art. Over the past twelve months, club members were the first to receive these celebrated NYRB Classics: Lesley Blanch: Journey into the Mind’s Eye Wolfgang Herrndorf: Sand Robert Aickman: Compulsory Games Helen Weinzweig: Basic Black with Pearls Matei Calinescu: The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter Walter Kempowski: All for Nothing Eileen Chang: Little Reunions Marina Tsvetaeva: Earthly Signs Julien Gracq: Balcony in the Forest Guido Morselli: The Communist Dorothy B. Hughes: In a Lonely Place Patrick Leigh Fermor: Violins of Saint-Jacques Sign up today and make it a year of brilliant reading, for yourself or a friend. Sincerely, Rea S. Hederman Publisher You are receiving this message because you signed up for email newsletters from The New York Review or NYRB. You can adjust the types of mailings you receive: [Update preferences]( New York Review Books 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 [Unsubscribe](