- Parables, Caricatures and cartoons, Pictorial American wit and humor, American fiction (fictional works by one author)
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Spare, comic, intimate and cool.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- James Thurber
- First published
- 1939
- Pages
- 107
- Publisher
- Brand: Wooster Book Co, HarperCollins Publisher, University Of Iowa Press
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9781587296208
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The author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the creator of numerous New Yorker magazine cover cartoons, was born in Columbus, Ohio on December, 8, 1894. One of the foremost American humorists of the 20th century, his inimitable wit and pithy prose spanned a breadth of genres, including short stories, modern commentary, fiction, children's fantasy and letters. Thurber's father, Charles, was a civil clerk, and his mother, Mame, was an eccentric woman who would influence many of her son's stories. Thurber had two brothers, William and Robert. One day while playing "William Tell" with them as youngsters, Thurber lost the sight in one eye when an arrow pierced it. Ultimately, he would go bl
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