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Title: The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber, Edward Woodward ISBN: 1-59007-025-9 Publisher: New Millennium Audio Pub. Date: January, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.87 (30 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Indescribable as a Golux's hat
Comment: A tremendous piece of literature I was lucky enough to read at age 8. I'm still re-reading it today as an adult and continue to find it imaginitive, without being syrupy or preachy. Our protagonist, the minstral-turned-Prince, must save the Princess Saralinda before the coniving Duke forces her to marry him. The Duke sets out an impossible task for the Prince, hoping that he will perish before he weds Saralinda on her 21st Birthday.
What is so amazing about this story is that each character has so much more dimension than the average fairy tale character. At times the Duke is almost likable and the Prince can be frustratingly unheroic. Even Saralinda escapes from the cotton candy persona of most heroines. Sure, she's beautiful, but she has an assumed cleverness that is presented as normal rather than over-emphasized in a Disney-like way.
I would highly recommend this book to children and adults alike. A note to eight-year-olds: Look up the hard words. It's worth the time. Trust me
Rating: 5
Summary: We all have flaws... except this book.
Comment: I first heard this enchantingly wonderful book on cassette tape when i was at art lessons. I would wait impatiently till the next week so I could hear more~ more about the Golux (who resembles only half the things he says he doesn't) and about Princess Saralinda and the Prince whose name begins with X... and doesn't. This book is full of whimsical wonderful wordplay and contains almost all of my favorite quotations of all time. It isn't very long, but every sentence is filled with some little quips or verbal oddities that, quite literally, made me laugh aloud. This book is without question one of my favorites of all time, a truly wonderful tale that can be read over and over again without ever growing old. Really classique. I mean, the book that's given me my tagline HAS to be great: "We all have flaws and mine is being evil."
Rating: 3
Summary: Puzzling
Comment: There is so much darkness in it, even with Thurber's quixotic humor. While I liked it, I'm not exactly sure what it is supposed to mean, but I do think it is supposed to mean something. It contains goodness and cruelty, romanticism and sinister characters. I think it may be a parable, but to what end? I liked his take on the matter of time, and I love Thurber's writing. My copy has wonderful illustrations.
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Title: WONDERFUL O, THE by James Thurber ISBN: 0440405793 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: White Deer by James Thurber ISBN: 0156962640 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 23 October, 1968 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
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Title: Many Moons by James Thurber, Louis Slobodkin ISBN: 0152518738 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: April, 1981 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber ISBN: 0060932872 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber ISBN: 0060933089 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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