James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (LOA #90)
A comprehensive collection of the American humorist’s best work—including “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”—plus original drawings and a chronology of Thurber’s own troubled life
James Thurber, whimsical fantasist and deadpan chronicler of everyday absurdities, brought American humor into the 20th century. His comic persona, a modern city-dweller whose zaniest flights of free association are tinged with anxiety, remains hilarious, subtly disturbing, and instantly recognizable.
Here, in over 1,000 pages, editor Garrison Keillor presents the best and most extensive collection ever assembled. Pieces include “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Catbird Seat,” the brilliantly satirical Fables for Our Time, the classic My Life and Hard Times, and the best of The Owl in the Attic, Let Your Mind Alone!, My…
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October 1, 1996James Thurber (1894-1961) was one of the foremost American humorists of the 20th century.
James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (LOA #90)
James Thurber
Homesickness
Colin Barrett
Coexistence
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Dance of the Happy Shades
Alice Munro
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Shashi Bhat
Normal Rules Don't Apply
Kate Atkinson
Last Woman
Carleigh Baker
Old Babes in the Wood
Margaret Atwood
The Goodbye Cat
Hiro Arikawa, Translated by Philip Gabriel
Uncertain Kin
Janice Lynn Mather
Sans Souci
Dionne Brand
Games and Rituals
Katherine Heiny
Animal Person
Alexander MacLeod
Stray Dogs
Rawi Hage