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My Life and Hard Times
 
 

My Life and Hard Times (Hardcover)

de James Thurber (Author) "I suppose that the high-water mark of my youth in Columbus, Ohio, was the night the bed fell on my father ..." En savoir plus
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-- Ogden Nash

"Thurber's My Life and Hard Times is just about the best thing I've ever read." --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.

-- From the Afterword by Russell Baker

"Possibly the shortest and most elegant autobiography ever written." --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 I laughed so hard it hurt!, Jui 24 2004
Par Alice M. Wollman (Leona Valley, CA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: My Life And Hard Times (Paperback)
I first read this book as a summer assignment a quarter of a century ago. I picked up this old book again this year, and believe it to be written by arguably one of the best humorists in the last one hundred years. James Thurber is a master at the art of language and never fails to tickle the proverbial funny bone. For an easy, lighthearted read, this book is well worth the money and will likely become a favorite for your own private library.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A True Classic Side-Splitter, Avril 8 2003
Par Marc Mogil, J.D. (Great Neck, NY USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: My Life And Hard Times (Paperback)
OF all the books of his period, James Thurber's "My Life and HArd Times" is a mirror into the mind of a true renaissance man, humorist extraordinaire, and story-teller. Ever since I was a teen reading this for the first time, I have kept a copy on my nighttable, for those evenings I needed a complete separation from reality. It has never failed me! Each story (which by now I have memorized) brings to mind the family quagmyres and dilemmas common to all, in a form only a genius like Thurber could do. His talent in a far simpler age lives well beyond him, and will forever.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Elegantly simple and hilarious to boot, Mars 18 2002
Par Catherine S. Vodrey (East Liverpool, Ohio United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: My Life And Hard Times (Paperback)
James Thurber actually does tell something of the story of his life in this famed biography, but mostly he just moseys along telling stories with his trademark dry, mopey wit. The very first chapter--"The Night the Bed Fell"--begins with the laconic observation, "I suppose that the high-water mark of my youth in Columbus, Ohio, was the night the bed fell on my father."

Thurber goes on to explain how his grandmother felt that electricity leaked if not plugged up, a preoccupation that kept her busy filling in every gap in every lamp or outlet in the house.

All the chapters are pretty much entitled with the name of some highlight of Thurber's Ohio youth: "The Day the Dam Broke" and "The Night the Ghost Got In" and that sort of thing. What the chapters all have in common is that Thurber is a brilliant storyteller who manages to make the most plebian, everyday happenings matters of sparkling humor.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Do yourself and everyone else a favor and READ THIS BOOK.
Other reviewers have said it before, but I feel the need to back them up even more: This book is a work of pure genius and originality. Read more
Publié le Déc 8 2001 par lemonzest

5.0étoiles sur 5 Outstanding!
This was a very funny book, not crude at all, and absolutely the kind of writing that should have never gone "out of style. Read more
Publié le Juil 14 2001 par Maslow

5.0étoiles sur 5 Oustanding!
This was a very funny book, not crude at all, and absolutely the kind of writing that should have never gone "out of style. Read more
Publié le Juil 14 2001 par Maslow

5.0étoiles sur 5 So funny
A really funny book. Concise and to the point. Good read for all.
Publié le Jui 2 2001

5.0étoiles sur 5 This book is really quite amazing
Unlike most autobiographies, My Life and Hard Times is short and extremely sweet. Despite its length, however, you can pick it up again and again and always be delighted by it... Read more
Publié le Janv. 30 2001

5.0étoiles sur 5 My Life and Hard Times
This is my favorite book. After reading it six times, it is still laugh out loud funny. It is short and easy to read, but lets the reader have a look into the oddities of James... Read more
Publié le Déc 20 2000

5.0étoiles sur 5 Thurber Outdoes Thurber
This is a wonderful book showing off Thurber's great sense of comic skill and stretching a minute experience into a sketch worthy of vaudeville comedy. Read more
Publié le Jui 30 2000 par S. Roggendorf

5.0étoiles sur 5 Classic Hilarity from a Master Humorous
This is a fantastic book: short, sweet, delightful, and heart-warming in its sheer simplicity and outrageousness. Read more
Publié le Nov. 16 1999 par andlyo

5.0étoiles sur 5 The master of understatement at his very best
What can you say about Thurber? That he was funny? Brilliant? His mastery defies description but I'll try anyway. Nah, forget it. Read more
Publié le Oct. 22 1999

5.0étoiles sur 5 Nothing was ever funnier.
This has got to be the funniest book I have ever read and read and read. Simple stories of Thurber's early years will get you laughing out loud.
Publié le Jui 24 1999 par peffy@concentric.net

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