Thurber Country: A Collection of Pieces About Males and Females, Mainly of Our Own Species ANNOTATION
Welcome to Thurber country, that notoriously uneasy, always funny, lovable land peopled by the unique creations of James Thurber.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
First published in 1949, Thurber Country remains a benchmark of satirical writing. Now, in this Simon & Schuster Classic Edition, is the original book, with a new introduction by Lillian Ross.
The fact that James Thurberwrote this collectionof piecesis,of course,a publisher's blurbin itself.It therefore is necessarysimply to givethe readersome factual ideaofwhat sort of piecesthey are.There are26 of them.Most(including "File and Forget,"a correspondencewith his publisherswhich is notrecommended to peoplewho havea tendencyto get bad hiccoughsfromtoo much laughing)havealready appearedin The New Yorker.Seven pieceshave appearedin The Bermudianand have thereforeneverbeen publishedin this country.You will findThurber Countrya placenot difficult to enter,buthard to leave.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Thurber called this 1949 volume a collection of pieces about males and females, mainly of our own species. The 26 comedic essays, most of which originally appeared in The New Yorker, cover a wide range of subjects-basically whatever he was thinking about at the time. Thurber is always a fun read. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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