false 143126 15 How can anyone describe this book? It isn't a parable, a fairy story or a poem, but rather a mixture of all three. It is beautiful and it is comic. It is philosophical and it is cheery. What we suppose we are trying fumblingly to say is, in a word, that it is Thurber. 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 <i>The 13 Clocks</i>. 2099329 1950 The 13 Clocks total:650|5:297|4:204|3:121|2:24|1:4| 650 2716 1135 170 4 7 false false Sun Sep 21 14:47:18 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 16:04:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 7 false true Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 16:33:34 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 19:05:50 -0700 2008 The Thirteen Clocks, a prince (disguised as a minstrel) attempts to win the hand of Saralinda, the niece of an evil Duke who keeps her prisoner while killing most of the suitors who try to win her hand by setting impossible tasks for them to accomplish. A crazy little guy (called the Golux) decid...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1959 Mon Sep 17 21:01:53 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 09:49:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Tue Dec 11 10:45:23 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 10:52:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 14:41:37 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 20:33:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat May 03 07:01:39 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 07:01:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1976 Mon Nov 19 14:26:22 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 14:41:51 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 21:39:28 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 22:00:31 -0700 2008
Summary (SPL): With the help of his magical protector, the Golux, Prince Zorn performs impossible tasks to win the hand of P...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Dec 26 12:34:42 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 12:45:56 -0800 2008
"It's one of the great kids' books of the last century. It may be the best thing Thurber ever wrote. It's certainly th...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Nov 16 23:01:35 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 11:23:50 -0800 2008 maybe 10, maybe more more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 08:08:15 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 08:11:18 -0700 2009 The 13 Clocks by James Thurber is, to borrow from his own words "something very much like nothing anyone had ever seen before". No wonder Neil Gaiman selected that bit of text as an epigram prior to the Introduction he wrote for the new publication of the book by The New York Review Childr...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 06:51:04 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 06:54:58 -0700 2009
It's like this combination of Dr. Seuss and Scary Stories to Read in the Dark and a fairy tale, and I loved it for all those things - the made up...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Mon Jul 02 18:54:02 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 21:21:55 -0700 2007
The Thirteen Clocks is a fairy tale, for both young and old. I t is especially...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 05:11:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 05:37:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 14 12:29:37 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 21:07:52 -0700 2009 brimming with wit and humorous surprises--if I had to pick one book from American children's literature that was clearly on a level with Alice in Wonderland for the sheer pleasure it gives, this would likely be that book. One notable difference, though, is that...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 07 08:36:02 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 07 08:47:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 07:16:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 10:38:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Fri Feb 29 12:35:14 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 08:23:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 17:07:05 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 17:25:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Dec 18 22:43:07 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 22:43:23 -0800 2008 more...]]>