The 13 Clocks and the Wonderful O
Language: English
Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1979
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye, United KingdomThe Children's Bookshop
AbeBooks seller since April 24, 2002
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 39.95
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With dustwrapper. Red cloth-covered boards. Gold lettering on spine. 14cm x 22cm. 141 pages. Near fine, with no marks or writing. Pages lightly tanned.
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- Title
- The 13 Clocks and the Wonderful O
- Author
- Thurber, James
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Publication year
- 1979
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- dw
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0241908477
- ISBN 13
- 9780241908471
- Illustrator
- Searle, Ronald
- Seller catalogs
- Post 1940
There are only a few reasons why everybody has always wanted to read this kind of story, but they are basic:
Everybody has always wanted to love a Princess.
Everybody has always wanted to be a Prince.
Everybody has always wanted the wicked Duke to be punished.
Everybody has always wanted to live happily ever after.
Too little of this kind of thing is going on in the world today. But all of it is going on valorously in The 13 Clocks.
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Review
One of the cleverest [fairy tales] that any modern writer has been able to tell. Time
Rich with ogres and oligarchs, riddles and wit. What distinguishes [The 13 Clocks] is not just quixotic imagination but Thurber s inimitable delight in language. . . . Thurber captivates the ear and captures the heart. Newsweek
There are spys, monsters, betrayals, hair s-breadth escapes, spells to be broken and all the usual accouterments, but Thurber gives the proceedings his own particular deadpan spin. . . . It all makes for a rousing concoction of adventure, humor and satire that defies any conventional classification. Los Angeles Times
The greatNew Yorkerhumorist James Thurber wrote a few children s books, the best of which may beThe 13 Clocks. . . . [Marc Simont] provided beautifully cartoonish yet subtle mini-paintings that conveyClocks varying moods of gloom, menace, surprise, and joy. Entertainment Weekly
If you likedThe Princess Bride, you re going to like this. . . . If you rememberFractured Fairy Taleson Rocky and Bullwinkle, you ll like this. We suggest, read the beginning. We re not going to give away the plot, because it s all in the language with a book like this. Daniel Pinkwater, NPR sWeekend Edition Saturday"
"This book . . . is probably the best book in the world. And if it's not the best book, then it's still very much like nothing anyone has ever seen before, and, to the best of my knowledge, no one's ever really seen anything like it since. . . . It's unique. It makes people happier, like ice cream." --Neil Gaiman, from the Introduction "One of the cleverest [fairy tales] that any modern writer has been able to tell." --Time "Rich with ogres and oligarchs, riddles and wit. What distinguishes [The 13 Clocks] is not just quixotic imagination but Thurber's inimitable delight in language. . . . Thurber captivates the ear and captures the heart." --Newsweek "There are spys, monsters, betrayals, hair's-breadth escapes, spells to be broken and all the usual accouterments, but Thurber gives the proceedings his own particular deadpan spin. . . . It all makes for a rousing concoction of adventure, humor and satire that defies any conventional classification." --Los Angeles Times "The great New Yorker humorist James Thurber wrote a few children's books, the best of which may be The 13 Clocks . . . . [Marc Simont] provided beautifully cartoonish yet subtle mini-paintings that convey Clocks' varying moods of gloom, menace, surprise, and joy." --Entertainment Weekly "One of [Thurber's] best but overlooked works . . . A raucous play of words that sounds like poetry, reads like prose, and narrowly skirts the line between the ridiculous and the profound." --World Magazine "If you liked The Princess Bride, you're going to like this. . . . If you remember Fractured Fairy Tales on Rocky and Bullwinkle, you'll like this. We suggest, read the beginning. We're not going to give away the plot, because it's all in the language with a book like this." --Daniel Pinkwater, NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday
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The Children's Bookshop
Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since April 24, 2002
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The Children's Bookshop is located near the border of England and Wales in Hay-On-Wye, in the county of Herefordshire. As our name implies, we sell only children's books. Established in 1980 and with a stock in excess of twenty thousand books, we cater for children and for collectors, teachers and researchers. For collectors we offer a variety of books and annuals in most areas, including Girl's/Boy's school, W E Johns, R Crompton and D C Thompson. We also carry a selection of older illustrated books, dating from the 1920s and earlier. Our speciality is twentieth century fiction. We catalogue the majority of our stock and our full catalogue is always listed on the ABE Books website. We welcome both on-line customers and visits in person to our shop, where we are are open Tuesday to Saturday.…
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