Fables for Our Time
Fables for Our Time by James Thurber is a reissue published by Harper Collins on March 23, 1983, featuring 144 pages in English. This collection presents a series of fables that blend humor and moral lessons, showcasing Thurber’s unique voice as a satirist. The book includes illustrations that complement the narratives, enhancing the reader’s experience of these timeless tales.
Readers will find a rich assortment of lessons in prose that address conventional themes and human behaviors. Each fable is crafted to provoke thought while entertaining, reflecting Thurber’s wit and insight. The inclusion of pictorial interpretations of famous poems adds an additional layer of creativity, making this edition a noteworthy exploration of fiction that resonates with both humor and wisdom.
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James Thurber has been called “one of our great American institutions’ (Stanley Walker), “a magnificent satirist (Boston Transcript), and “a Joyce in false-face” (New York Times). The New York Herald Tribune submits that he is “as blithe as Benchley…as savage as Swift…surprisingly wise and witty,” while the Times of London, out of enthusiasm and a profound regard for truth, proclaims that “Thurber is Thurber.”
In Fables for Our Time, Thurber the Moralist is in the ascendancy. Here are a score or more lessons-in-prose dedicated to conventional sinners and proving–what you will. The fables are imperishably illustrated, and are supplemented by Mr. Thurber’s own pictorial interpretations of famous poems in a wonderful and joyous assemblage.
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