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| Original Title: | Dandelion Wine |
| ISBN: | 0671037706 (ISBN13: 9780671037703) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Green Town |
| Characters: | Douglas Spaulding, Tom Spaulding |
| Setting: | Illinois,1928(United States) |
Ray Bradbury
Paperback | Pages: 239 pages Rating: 4.09 | 51083 Users | 4324 Reviews
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| Title | : | Dandelion Wine (Green Town) |
| Author | : | Ray Bradbury |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 239 pages |
| Published | : | July 2000 by Earthlight (UK) (first published September 1957) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Science Fiction. Fantasy. Young Adult. Short Stories. Coming Of Age |
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The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawns, and new sneakers. Of half-burnt firecrackers, of gathering dandelions, of Grandma's belly-busting dinner. It was a summer of sorrows and marvels and gold-fuzzed bees. A magical, timeless summer in the life of a twelve-year-old boy named Douglas Spaulding—remembered forever by the incomparable Ray Bradbury. Woven into the novel are the following short stories: Illumination, Dandelion Wine, Summer in the Air, Season of Sitting, The Happiness Machine, The Night, The Lawns of Summer, Season of Disbelief, The Last--the Very Last, The Green Machine, The Trolley, Statues, The Window, The Swan, The Whole Town's Sleeping, Goodbye Grandma, The Tarot Witch, Hotter Than Summer, Dinner at Dawn, The Magical Kitchen, Green Wine for Dreaming.Rating About Books Dandelion Wine (Green Town)
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My introduction to the fiction of Ray Bradbury is Dandelion Wine, his much-loved ode to small towns, summers and strangeness as only a twelve-year-old boy could discover it. Published in 1957, the book is not a short story collection per se but of the twenty-seven vignettes, ten had been published before: "Season of Disbelief" and "The Window" appeared in Collier's in 1950, "A Story About Love" in McCall's in 1951, "The Lawns of Summer" in Nations Business in 1952, "The Swan" in Cosmopolitan andRecently while moving bookcases, books and furniture around, I came across my copy of Dandelion Wine . I had read it once, years ago, during my own personal Golden Age of Science Fiction, ages 8 to 16. Now was a good time as any to revisit this novel. Bradbury had been marked, incorrectly, in my mind as a sci-fi writer on the same level as Heinlein or Asimov.He's not a hard core, I, Robot type of sci-fi writer, really. More like a fantasy writer who touched on sci-fi themes.And, he's in his own
I enjoyed reading this book when I was in my early 20s, but only re-reading it in my 50s have I realized what a wonderful novel "Dandelion Wine" is, what an amazing evocation of summer in a small town. The summer evoked is 1928, but it could almost as easily be 1948 or 1968 as well. The book paints a picture of a time when one walked or took a trolley around town, talked with friends and family on a large front porch, had a soda or ice cream at a drugstore fountain, and listened to grandfathers
Magic Realism - according to Wikipedia"Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is a genre of narrative fiction and, more broadly, art (literature, painting, film, theatre, etc.) that, while encompassing a range of subtly different concepts, expresses a primarily realistic view of the real world while also adding or revealing magical elements. It is sometimes called fabulism, in reference to the conventions of fables, myths, and allegory. "Magical realism", perhaps the most common
Sparkling and witty, a remarkable read.
Review originally posted on A Skeptical Reader. Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I'm one of them. In a serendipitous moment, I discovered this quote on my friend Sookies favorited quotes page and instantly began craving the book. I was left pondering over these words for days and weeks
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