#the13clocks

#ohwhatfunreadathon #photochallenge Day 1: A fast read 13 Clocks by James Thurber, illustrated by Marc Simont. To quote the introduction by Neil Gaiman: "'The 13 Clocks' isn't really a fairy tale, just as it isn't really a ghost story. But it feels like a fairy tale, and it takes place in a fairy-tale world. It is short -- not too short, just perfectly short. Short enough. ... It's not a fairy tale. It's not a poem, it's not a parable or a fable or a novel or a joke. Truly, I don't know what 'The 13 Clocks' is, but whatever it is, as someone else said of something else at the top of this introduction, it's the only one there ever was." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ #the13clocks #jamesthurber #marcsimont #neilgaiman #books @ohwhatfunreadathon https://www.instagram.com/p/BrgKjAwFB27/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jodm36eshlhc

Too swamped to put up something new, but as no one guessed the origin of these #characters I'll fill in the blanks: These are my versions of characters from two #fairytales by #NewYorkerMagazine humorist #JamesThurber. The #king is from #TheWhiteDeer and the others are from #The13Clocks.

The 13 Clocks My mother introduced me to this book when I was about 14 or so. I had completely forgotten about it until my mom brought it up at Thanksgiving.  This video is something of a preview of the book narrated by the ever wonderful Neil Gaiman. And the book is thoroughly wonderful in the marvelous Fairy Tale Way. 

The 13 Clocks

One of the things on my list of things to do before I die, is to record the whole of this book. But if I die suddenly tomorrow of an unexpected rhinoceros attack, I am happy that I recorded the first 5 minutes...