num_pages: 367
description: Another collection of Thurberiana, unique in that it contains a peppering of the author's favorites, also an introduction to his "serious comedy." Among the 32 stories lurk joyosities such as "The Lady of Orlon," "The Psychosemanticist Will See You Now, Mr. Thurber," "Get Thee to a Monastery" and "The Moribundant Life, or Grow Old Along with Whom?" "His writings will be a document of the age they belong to." --T.S. Eliot
language: English
title: Alarms and Diversions
titlecomplete: Alarms and Diversions
genres: Classics, Fiction, Short Stories, Humor, American
ratings_count: 110
publisher: HarperCollins (paper)