Most Popular Books by James Thurber

A book for people who like to laugh and know how to think, selected from Thurber''s work over 30 years - one third of the text never before in book form.

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Contains two of the humorist''s short stories: the story of aviator Smurch, an amusing satire on the "perilous heights of fame," and Walter Mitty, a man who endures his ordinary life by escaping into fantasy.

"Tommy Turner has been married for ten years to Ellen, and he is quietly settled in a teaching job at Mid Western University. This is the week end of the Michigan game and Joe Ferguson, the greatest football hero Mid Western has ever had, comes to town and sees Ellen, his old sweetheart. In addition, Tommy is drawn into a controversy when a young intellectual writes an article in which he calls the board of trustees fascists. Tommy wants to read a letter to his composition class written by Vanzetti and is about to join the ranks of the martyrs who have been fired because the trustees are shouting "Red!" Ellen tries to dissuade Tommy from reading the letter and he tells her to go with Joe and leave him to his books and his principles. Eventually Tommy challenges Joe to fisticuffs after he has fortified himself with the proper courage. He steadfastly maintains his right to read the letter and to teach the young to think. Ellen sees him as pretty good example of the male animal and stands up with him"--Publisher''s website.

A new edition of the Traditional Chinese edition of "Many Moons," winner of the 1944 Caldecott Medal winner. Princess Lenore asked for the moon, and a clever court jester presented her with it. The very buoyant illustrations were done by Louis Slobodkin. In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Lorsque l''on écrira une histoire de l''humour au XXe siècle, James Thurber (1894-1961), pilier du fameux magazine The New Yorker, devra y figurer au tout premier plan. Ses nouvelles et ses dessins ont enchanté des générations de lecteurs tant il est vrai, comme l''a écrit Jacques Sternberg qui l''introduisit en France, qu''il faisait penser à ces musiciens de jazz moderne, habiles dans l''art de broder d''éblouissantes paraphrases en partant de vieilles rengaines. Son humour, on le constate dans ce recueil de quelques-unes de ses meilleures nouvelles dont la célèbre " Vie secrète de Walter Mitty " (jadis portée à l''écran avec un Danny Kaye inénarrable), fut nourri de ces petits incidents de la vie quotidienne qui, s''ils paraissent anodins à première vue, recèlent au fond de quoi fonder une morale plus riche que celle véhiculée par tant d''ouvrages à prétentions. Lisons Thurber ; il nous aide à aimer la vie !