James Thurber

Els 13 rellotges és una faula per a adults i un conte fantàstic per a infants. Escrita amb un estil poètic i cadenciós, farcit de delicioses rimes internes, ens explica la història del duc del Castel

This is the hilarious writing of James Thurber, author of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', collected in this classic anthology. This collection brings together the best of James Thurber's brilliantly funny, eccentric and anarchic writings. It includes his most famous work, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, in which an ordinary man's fantasies have a more powerful hold on him than reality, as well as essays, poetry and cartoons gathered from all of Thurber's collections. Making fun of his own weaknesses and those of other people (and dogs) - the English teacher who looked only at figures of speech, the Airedale who refused to include him in the family, the botany lecturer who despaired of him totally - James Thurber is a true original, whose off-beat imagination shows us everyday life from a different angle. James Thurber was born in 1894 at Columbus, Ohio, where, as he once said, so many awful things happened to him. After university (Ohio State) he worked at the American Embassy in Paris from 1918 to 1920, and then turned to journalism. From 1927 onwards he was on the staff of the New Yorker, and first published much of his work in it. He died in New York in 1961, and is today recognised as one of America's greatest twentieth-century humourists. "One of the absolutely essential books of our time". (Saturday Review of Literature). "One of the great humorists". (Sunday Times).

This is the very best of James Thurber's hilarious short stories and essays, to tie-in with the major new film starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig. Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But he has dreams - vivid, extraordinary day dreams - in which the life he leads is one of excitement and even adventure, in which he - a weary, put upon middle-aged man - is the hero of his own story. A man can dream, can't he? The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is just one of the brilliant humorous and witty stories written by James Thurber and collected here. James Thurber was born in 1894 at Columbus, Ohio, where, as he once said, so many awful things happened to him. After university (Ohio State) he worked at the American Embassy in Paris from 1918 to 1920, and then turned to journalism. From 1927 onwards he was on the staff of the New Yorker, and first published much of his work in it. He died in New York in 1961, and is today recognised as one of America's greatest twentieth-century humourists.

Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But he has dreams - vivid, extraordinary day dreams - in which the life he leads is one of excitement and even adventure, in which he - a weary, put upon middle-aged man - is the hero of his own story. A man can dream, can't he? The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is just one of the brilliant humorous and witty stories written by James Thurber and collected here.

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La obra más aclamada de James Thurber, prestigioso autor y uno de los colaborades clásicos de The New Yorker. Formó parte del círculo de E. B. White, Dorothy Parker y Truman Capote, entre otros. Una obra que disfrutaran tanto niños- como adultos- que gozaran con las alegorias de Thurber, sus juegos metaliterarios y su humor negro-.

Les tribulations loufoques dune famille farfelue – grand-père et chien compris – signées par lun des maîtres de lhumour anglo-saxon « Quand jatteindrai quarante ans, mes facultés se seront peut-être

Les tribulations loufoques dune famille farfelue – grand-père et chien compris – signées par lun des maîtres de lhumour anglo-saxon « Quand jatteindrai quarante ans, mes facultés se seront peut-être

À l’issue de la 12e Guerre mondiale, la civilisation s’est effondrée, les chiens ont quitté leurs anciens maîtres, toutes les forêts et les jardins ont été détruits et l’amour a fui le monde. Un jour

Esta obra es una parábola ilustrada que encierra una verdad sencilla pero no por ello menos profunda acerca del ciclo eterno de la vida, la muerte y el renacer. Publicada originalmente en 1939 el "staccato" de las botas militares es el ritmo que se oye al

Lire Thurber est un malicieux plaisir : cet écrivain et dessinateur – qui fut lun des grands talents et lun des piliers du prestigieux New Yorker – a un sens considérable du dialogue et de la reparti

À l’issue de la 12e Guerre mondiale, la civilisation s’est effondrée, les chiens ont quitté leurs anciens maîtres, toutes les forêts et les jardins ont été détruits et l’amour a fui le monde. Un jour

Una aventura deliciosa per a nens i adultsEn Littlejack té un mapa del tresor i el capità pirata Black té un vaixell, l’Aeiu, així que el més lògic és que es posin d’acord per viatjar a una illa remo