The 13 Clocks
Thurber, James; Simont, Marc \[Illustrator\] Gaiman, Neil \[Introduction\]
Language: English
Published by NYR Children's Collection June 17, 2008, New York, 2008
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The New York Review Children's Collection included this rich story by James Thurber in their prestigious selection of outstanding chuldren's books 124 pp.
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- Title
- The 13 Clocks
- Author
- Thurber, James; Simont, Marc \[Illustrator\] Gaiman, Neil \[Introduction\]
- Publisher
- NYR Children's Collection June 17, 2008, New York
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1590172752
- ISBN 13
- 9781590172759
- Illustrator
- Simont, Marc
- Edition
- reprint.
- Seller catalogs
- Children's Books
So begins James Thurbers sublimely revamped fairy tale, The 13 Clocks, in which a wicked Duke who imagines he has killed time, and the Dukes beautiful niece, for whom time seems to have run out, both meet their match, courtesy of an enterprising and very handsome prince in disguise. Readers young and old will take pleasure in this tale of love forestalled but ultimately fulfilled, admiring its upstanding hero (He yearned to find in a far land the princess of his dreams, singing as he went, and possibly slaying a dragon here and there) and unapologetic villain (We all have flaws, the Duke said. Mine is being wicked), while wondering at the enigmatic Golux, the mysterious stranger whose unpredictable interventions speed the story to its necessarily happy end.
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About the Author
James Thurber (18941961), one of the outstanding American humorists and cartoonists of the twentieth century, was born in Columbus, Ohio, and launched his professional writing career as a reporter for theColumbus Dispatch in 1920. He began writing for The New Yorker in 1927 after his friend E. B. White got him a job at the magazine. Though hampered by failing eyesight, Thurber wrote nearly forty books, including collections of essays, short stories, fables, and childrens stories. He won a Tony Award for his popular Broadway play, A Thurber Carnival.
Marc Simont (1915-2013) illustrated nearly a hundred books. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth KrausssThe Happy Day, and in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures inA Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry. He is the illustrator for The New York Review Childrens Collection booksThe Backward Day and The Wonderful O.
Neil Gaiman is an award-winning author of novels, short stories, children's books, and graphic novels. Among his works are the children's booksCoraline, The Wolves in the Walls, and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish;the Sandman graphic novels series; and the fantasy novels Stardustand Smoke and Mirrors. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.
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