{"product_id":"fables-for-our-time-9780060909994","title":"Fables for Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"These tiny stories, in which a wide variety of animals show us humans how we really are, are completely uproarious.\" --The Saturday Review of Literature \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Thurber has been called \"one of our great American institutions' (Stanley Walker) and \"a magnificent satirist\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Transcript\u003c\/em\u003e). The \u003cem\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e submits that he is \"as blithe as Benchley...as savage as Swift...surprisingly wise and witty,\" while the \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e of London, out of enthusiasm and a profound regard for truth, proclaims that \"Thurber is Thurber.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003cem\u003eFables for Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e, Thurber the Moralist is in the ascendancy. Here are a score or more lessons-in-prose dedicated to conventional sinners and proving--what you will. The fables are imperishably illustrated, and are supplemented by Mr. Thurber's own pictorial interpretations of famous poems in a wonderful and joyous assemblage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060909994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.30w x 0.39d","brand":"James Thurber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45150682251445,"sku":"9780060909994","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a6350ddb-7af4-4be3-ab7e-5b57423a15c5.jpg?v=1741104907","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fables-for-our-time-9780060909994","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}