{"product_id":"collected-fables-james-thurber","title":"Collected Fables;  James Thurber","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJames Thurber has been called “one of the world’s greatest humorists” by Alistair Cooke (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), and “one of our great American institutions” (Stanley Walker)—and few works reveal Thurber’s 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow, readers can savor 85 fables by the twentieth century’s preeminent humorist collected for the first time in a single anthology. Here, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFables for Our Time, Further Fables for Our Time, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand ten previously uncollected fables—illustrated by ten contemporary artists including Seymour Chwast, Mark Ulriksen, Laurie Rosenwald, and R. O. Blechman—are presented in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCollected Fables, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea must-have for readers of all ages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJune 11, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThurber was born in Columbus, Ohio to Charles L. Thurber and Mary Agnes (Mame) Fisher Thurber. Both of his parents greatly influenced his work. His father, a sporadically employed clerk and minor politician who dreamed of being a lawyer or an actor, is said to have been the inspiration for the small, timid protagonist typical of many of his stories. Thurber described his mother as a \"born comedienne\" and \"one of the finest comic talents I think I have ever known.\" She was a practical joker, on one occasion pretending to be crippled and attending a faith healer revival, only to jump up and proclaim herself healed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494082433346,"sku":"","price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/fables.jpg?v=1693013886","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/collected-fables-james-thurber","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}