The Anatomy of Melancholy (New York Review Books Classics)

"Paperback not so much of the week as of the year, of the decade--or, I am inclined to say, of all time. And why? Because it's the best book ever written, that's why....It takes only a couple of minutes to get acclimatized to Burton's rhythms and phrasing. Once you do, you realize that he is a rollicking, more-ish writer, from an age that produced the nation's best prose. The Latin is all translated, apart from a bit about the aphrodisiac diet of the Sybarites, as this is a reprint of the 1932 edition. And not only that, but it's useful: it makes you less melancholy. So buy it now."Robert Burton is the author of 'The Anatomy of Melancholy (New York Review Books Classics)', published 2001 under ISBN 9780940322660 and ISBN 0940322668.