My Life and Hard Times

Zusatztext “Thurber’s My Life and Hard Times is just about the best thing I’ve ever read.” Informationen zum Autor James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Famous for his humorous writings and illustrations, he was a staff member of The New Yorker for more than thirty years. He died in 1961. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung “Thurber is. . . a landmark in American humor. . . he is the funniest artist who ever lived.” —  New Republic 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.

Product details

• Authors: James Thurber
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.09.1999
• EAN: 9780060933081
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093308-1
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 205 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Perennial Classics; Perennial Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, NATURE: Essays, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, HUMOR: Topic / Marriage & Family, HUMOR: Topic / Celebrity & Popular Culture, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: HUMOR