{"product_id":"9780060909994","title":"Fables for Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Thurber has been called \"one of our great American institutions' (Stanley Walker), \"a magnificent satirist (\u003ci\u003eBoston Transcript\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"a Joyce in false-face\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). The \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e submits that he is \"as blithe as Benchley...as savage as Swift...surprisingly wise and witty,\" while the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e of London, out of enthusiasm and a profound regard for truth, proclaims that \"Thurber is Thurber.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eFables for Our Time\u003c\/i\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","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011241328880,"sku":"9780060909994","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060909994_p0.jpg?v=1763620336","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060909994","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}