{"product_id":"9780679600893","title":"The Thurber Carnival (Modern Library Series)","description":"As James Thurber writes in his preface, \"This book contains a selection of the stories and drawings the old boy did in his prime, a period which extended roughly from the year Lindbergh flew the Atlantic to the day coffee was rationed.  He presents this to his readers with his sincere best wishes for a happy new world.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Thurber Carnival\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e called \"one of the absolutely essential books of our time,\" was a phenomenal bestseller when it was first published in 1945.  The omnibus, virtually all of which first appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, draws from such Thurber classics as \u003ci\u003eMy World and Welcome to It, My Life and Hard Times, Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated, The Owl in the Attic, The Seal in the Bedroom\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMen, Women and Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e.  \"It is time that we stopped thinking of James Thurber as a mere funny man for sophisticates and recognized him as an authentic American genius,\" wrote the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e.  \"Mr. Thurber belongs in the great line of American humorists which includes Mark Twain and Ring Lardner.\"  ","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016842330352,"sku":"9780679600893","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780679600893_p0.gif?v=1763605123","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780679600893","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}