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| Title | : | My World And Welcome To It |
| Author | : | James Thurber |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | February 12th 1987 by Mandarin (first published 1942) |
| Categories | : | Humor. Fiction. Short Stories. Literature. American. Classics. Writing. Essays. 20th Century |
James Thurber
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4.16 | 553 Users | 40 Reviews
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James Thurber reported the world as he saw it. But what a world! Only Thurber could picture a seal peering nearsightedly over a headboard or a former husband crouched atop the armoire.Titles in this selection, all vintage Thurber, hint at the range of his whimsy and include "Courtship Through the Ages," "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," "Interview with a Lemming" and "You Know How the French Are."
"Few writers have re-created daydreams and nightmares as Thurber re-creates them. He manages, somehow, to pin them while the nerve filaments are alive and wriggling...." (The New York Times)
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| Original Title: | My World And Welcome To It |
| ISBN: | 0413144100 (ISBN13: 9780413144102) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.16 From 553 Users | 40 ReviewsEvaluation Containing Books My World And Welcome To It
Thurber amuses me, in a quiet sort of way. Not doing-a-spit-take-with-my-own-spit sort of way. Just a little upturning on the lips on one side of the mouth.I liked it the first time I read it as a child. It did not hold up to a re-read, however. It's a bit dated.
After reading this I thought, man this guy was weird. Some of these stories were just off the wall. Some stories made me laugh. My favorite (not in this book) is The Last Flower. I read that in high school many moons ago and just loved it. I still think about it today. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is about a mans imagination. Just one adventure after another while driving his wife into town for errands, only to be brought back into reality by his overbearing wife. Cute stout but not sure how
3 and 1/2 ✨ Loved the short stories in Part 1, not so much in Part 2 where Thuber wrote while living in France.
a re-read for me. A grand compilation of all sorts of pieces (and drawings), and some of them continue to withstand the test of time, and very well, too.
Some of the tone and language will offend 21st century sensibilities and will underscore progress we have made and progress we have not made over the past 70 some years, but in each instance I think Thurber (sometimes subtly) contributes to that progress by announcing precisely how absurd any of us should seem to the other of us on the face of things.A side from the sometimes disturbing experience of being removed from one's own time in a non-romantic fashion into the near and difficult past,
just re-read. still entertaining. fits my sense of humor. may be dull to others. but i totally "get" thurber. third reading 18 january 2015 -- as i get older, thurber just gets better! what fun: the human condition, tongue -in-cheek read by john cullum (holling vincoeur on northern exposure) whose voice is perfect for delivery james thurber to the listener's ears. whoop.
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