World Famous Comics: My Life and Hard Times (Perennial Classics)
My Life and Hard Times (Perennial Classics)
By: James Thurber Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 128 Publication Date: October 01, 1999 Release Date: October 06, 1999
Widely hailed as one of the finest humorist of the twentieth century, James Thurber looks back at his own life growing up in Columbus, Ohio, with the same humor and sharp wit that defined his famous sketches and writings. In My Life and Hard times, first published in 1933, he recounts the delightful chaos and frustrations of family, boyhood, youth odd dogs, recalcitrant machinery, and the foibles of human nature.
My Life & Hard Times James Thurber was one of the funiest authors of all time and this book cements his reputation. I enjoyed it many years ago and after re-reading it, I enjoyed it again.
Amusing introduction to beloved wit Should be required reading for all folks of any age looking for an introduction to life in these United States, for those learning to overcome despair and disaster with humor and grace, for any and all learning the English language.
A fun Thurber book for all his fans Thurber is a great favorite of mine, and this was another fun book to read.
An old, old fashioned read. Take your mind back half a century and read these mildly amusing essays about life in the 1920s and 1930s. The style is so different from modern prose, but it is well worth the read.
Still funny after all these years! I am 52 yrs. old. I read this book in High School and couldn't put it down. When I read it again as adult, I laughed even harder because somehow it made having the weirdest family in the whole world a joke instead of a hardship. It made Thurber's family, the Coneheads, the Simpsons, and the Osbornes seem like life is good as long as you can laugh once in a while, and even better if you can laugh at yourself.
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