Thurber: A Biography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Behind the gentle whimsy and celebrated cartoons of James Thurber lay a life of extraordinary complexity — a man perpetually at war with failing eyesight, a turbulent inner world, and the relentless demands of genius. Burton Bernstein's Thurber: A Biography chronicles the full arc of one of America's most beloved humorists, from his eccentric Columbus, Ohio upbringing through his storied years at The New Yorker, where he forged an indelible partnership with E.B. White and redefined the boundaries of American comic writing. Illustrated with Thurber's own inimitable drawings and rare photographs, the biography presents an intimate and authoritative portrait of the man behind the myth. Bernstein writes with the precision of a journalist and the warmth of a devoted admirer, illuminating Thurber's genius without shying away from the darker currents that shaped it — his alcoholism, his volatile relationships, and his courageous battle against blindness that threatened to silence him entirely. Thurber stands as a landmark work of literary biography, essential reading for anyone who has ever laughed at a Thurber cartoon or lost themselves in the dreamlike prose of My Life and Hard Times. The question it ultimately poses is both simple and haunting: what does it cost a man to make the world laugh?
Author: Burton Bernstein
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Behind the gentle whimsy and celebrated cartoons of James Thurber lay a life of extraordinary complexity — a man perpetually at war with failing eyesight, a turbulent inner world, and the relentless demands of genius. Burton Bernstein's Thurber: A Biography chronicles the full arc of one of America's most beloved humorists, from his eccentric Columbus, Ohio upbringing through his storied years at The New Yorker, where he forged an indelible partnership with E.B. White and redefined the boundaries of American comic writing. Illustrated with Thurber's own inimitable drawings and rare photographs, the biography presents an intimate and authoritative portrait of the man behind the myth. Bernstein writes with the precision of a journalist and the warmth of a devoted admirer, illuminating Thurber's genius without shying away from the darker currents that shaped it — his alcoholism, his volatile relationships, and his courageous battle against blindness that threatened to silence him entirely. Thurber stands as a landmark work of literary biography, essential reading for anyone who has ever laughed at a Thurber cartoon or lost themselves in the dreamlike prose of My Life and Hard Times. The question it ultimately poses is both simple and haunting: what does it cost a man to make the world laugh?