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World-renowned fantasist Ray Bradbury has on several occasions stepped outside the arenas of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. An unabashed romantic, his first novel in 1957 was basically a love letter to his childhood. (For those who want to undertake an even more evocative look at the dark side of youth, five years later the author would write the chilling classic Something Wicked This Way Comes.)
Dandelion Wine takes us into the summer of 1928, and to all the wondrous and magical events in the life of a 12-year-old Midwestern boy named Douglas Spaulding. This tender, openly affectionate story of a young man's voyage of discovery is certainly more mainstream than exotic. No walking dead or spaceships to Mars here. Yet those who wish to experience the unique magic of early Bradbury as a prose stylist should find Dandelion Wine most refreshing. --Stanley Wiater
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This 1957 gem is the latest in Avon's ongoing series of Bradbury reprints. This sweet little hardcover features the full text of the novel?the story of one magical summer in the life of 12-year-old Douglas Spaulding?along with an introduction by the author. Without flash or best-sellerdom, Bradbury has emerged as one of this country's great writers, and libraries lacking a quality hardcover of his beloved novel should jump on this.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
A must not read,
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This review is from: Dandelion Wine (Mass Market Paperback)
From the very start this book was confusing. The author had not been very clear on the setting. The book was skipping around to much. It never stayed or talked about one or a few main events throughout the book. It was a good book to read in the summer. It had the right words and summer type theme. But that was not enough to convice me that the book was good. If your into action pack type books then this book isn't the right book for you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Devinely elegant prose poetry,
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This review is from: Dandelion Wine (Hardcover)
My dear fellow readers, you wish to have a book that you can reread every 5 or 6 years and not only have the beauty of the writing be as inspiring as before, but, also, a book whose internal meanings change along with the reader's changing life, this is the book for you. Raymond Bradbury put all of his science fictions abilities aside and created one of 'pure prose poetry'. It grabs the souls of anyone who lived through and fully experienced an adolescent, country summer whether they were the child observer or the observed adult. While there was never anything spectacular that ever happened to any of us, each moment of our day-to-day lives led us to be the sensitive adults that we, hopefully, are now. Like 'To Kill a Mockingbird', it takes us to a time when, to us, the world around us was more innocent, more forgiving and more magical. I read this every fith summer not only as a reminder of where I came from and how a child's naivity can open his heart to everything around him but also as an adult living in a finite and time-measured world who is preparing to say 'Good-bye'.Sit back and slowly partake of the bitter yet sweet dandelion wine that has been carefully prepared for you. The sequence of our lives will reveal itself delicately through its amber glow. This is the finest piece of fiction I have ever read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
It's magical...,
By Kate (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dandelion Wine (Hardcover)
Ray Bradbury is a master, no question, and this little book is a masterpiece. I first read it as a child - now, many years later, I go back to it often. It is simple, yet the prose is elegant and the message timeless. I have enjoyed almost everything Ray Bradbury has written but this is absolutely a favorite. I just joined a group of women in a book club and this is the book I intend to have everyone read - I can't wait to introduce them to it!
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