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My Life and Hard Times

James Thurber

Paperback | Pages: 106 pages

Rating: 4.13 | 2997 Users | 256 Reviews

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Original Title:	My Life and Hard Times
ISBN:	0060933089 (ISBN13: 9780060933081)
Edition Language:	English

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 “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.

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Title	:	My Life and Hard Times
Author	:	James Thurber
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 106 pages
Published	:	October 6th 1999 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (first published November 1933)
Categories	:	Humor. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Classics

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Ratings: 4.13 From 2997 Users | 256 Reviews

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Not that funny and kind of racist.

I'd forgotten how much I love James Thurber. He's an ideal antidote for stress. As a testament to that:This morning during a break in some crown work, the dentist returned to find me reading and laughing so hard that I snorted. How often does that happen at the dentists - without gas?

Thurber and the Wide Sargasso SeaAs I try to write about Thurber, with his My Life and Hard Times and The Wide Sargasso sea by Jean Rhys, I think that I should change my reading strategy.At this stage, I try to read all that the great books on the top 100-150 lists of books given by The Modern Library, TIME, The Guardian, Friendswood and eventually Le Monde. Le Monde has a different perspective, with its list of best books- Starting from a preliminary list of 200 titles created by bookshops and

Yes, it is somewhat dated; Thurber's fluid prose isn't what some young people are used to reading today. Worse, I can see modern readers being offended by the sketch of Vashti and her boyfriend. Since Thurber skewers the white maids, and, indeed, many of his family members just as thoroughly, I can accept Vashti. As exaggerated as hers or many of the other situations can seem, somehow it's all absolutely believable. We've seen situations and people like this.And--I've read this book more than

Do not read this book if you share a bed with someone and they are asleep.

When I was in my teens, my father decided I needed a little more culture in my life. So he bought me a subscription to The New Yorker.If I didn't dislike the old man so much, Id feel bad about wasting his money. Because me and The New Yorkerwe didn't get each other. I tried, I really tried to read and understand the articles. (Even then, I knew ENJOYING them would be beyond my meager abilities.) But it was a hopeless case. My idea of culture was the next Christian Slater movie, or the newest

Thurber scores huge in his autobiography consisting the collection of events from his life that has great amount of humour, supported by his witty writing. He cracks us up just from Preface where he makes fun of his own autobiography by quoting Benvenuto Cellini's words. Overall a quick read with great humour and writing!!