{"product_id":"fables-for-our-time-9780060909994","title":"Fables for Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"These tiny stories, in which a wide variety of animals show us humans how we really are, are completely uproarious.\" --The Saturday Review of Literature \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Thurber has been called \"one of our great American institutions' (Stanley Walker) and \"a magnificent satirist\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Transcript\u003c\/em\u003e). The \u003cem\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e submits that he is \"as blithe as Benchley...as savage as Swift...surprisingly wise and witty,\" while the \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e of London, out of enthusiasm and a profound regard for truth, proclaims that \"Thurber is Thurber.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003cem\u003eFables for Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThurber, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJames Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Famous for his humorous writings and illustrations, he was a staff member of \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e for more than thirty years. He died in 1961. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565311365394,"sku":"9780060909994","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f6b003b7-a970-487c-a75d-871fa24683c7.jpg?v=1744908115","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fables-for-our-time-9780060909994","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}