Overview
Published to coincide with the 125th anniversary of James Thurberās birth, this treasury combines, for the first time, Fables for Our Time and Further Fables for Our Time with Thurberās unpublished preface and ten previously uncollected or unpublished stories.Ā
James Thurber has been called āone of the worldās greatest humoristsā by Alistair Cooke (Atlantic),Ā āone of our great American institutionsā (Stanley Walker), āa magnificent satiristā (Boston Transcript)āand few works reveal Thurberās genius as powerfully as his fables. Perennially entertaining and astutely satirical, Thurber pinpricks the idiosyncrasies of life with verbal frivolity, hilarious insights, political shrewdness, and, of course, quirky, quotable morals.
Now, readers can savor 85 fables by the twentieth centuryās preeminent humorist
collected for the first time in a single anthology: Fables for Our Time, Further Fables for Our Time, Thurberās unpublished preface, and ten previously uncollected fablesāillustrated by ten contemporary artists including Seymour Chwast, Mark Ulriksen, Laurie Rosenwald, and R. O. BlechmanāCollected Fables is a must-have for readers of all ages.
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This book title, Collected Fables, ISBN: 9780062909176, by James Thurber, published by HarperCollins (June 11, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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