Dandelion Wine
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.43 (859 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400118239 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 470 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dan H Winters said Vintage Bradbury. Ray BradburyAugust "Vintage Bradbury" according to Dan H Winters. Ray BradburyAugust 22nd 1922 - June 5th, 2012When Ray Bradbury died reactions came from everywhere including from President Obama. Surprising to me, few mentioned the one of his works that meant so much to me and affected my life so deeply. While he was most known to the general public for his science fiction, I found his mostly autobiographical novel Dandelion Wine to be the most impactful. At the same time it best illustrated Bradbury’s incredible command of the language, his ability to stir the imagination, and the way in which he could open windows on life.I couldn’t count the number of times I would rerea. "Vintage Bradbury" according to Dan H Winters. Ray BradburyAugust 22nd 1922 - June 5th, 2012When Ray Bradbury died reactions came from everywhere including from President Obama. Surprising to me, few mentioned the one of his works that meant so much to me and affected my life so deeply. While he was most known to the general public for his science fiction, I found his mostly autobiographical novel Dandelion Wine to be the most impactful. At the same time it best illustrated Bradbury’s incredible command of the language, his ability to stir the imagination, and the way in which he could open windows on life.I couldn’t count the number of times I would rerea. nd 19"Vintage Bradbury" according to Dan H Winters. Ray BradburyAugust 22nd 1922 - June 5th, 2012When Ray Bradbury died reactions came from everywhere including from President Obama. Surprising to me, few mentioned the one of his works that meant so much to me and affected my life so deeply. While he was most known to the general public for his science fiction, I found his mostly autobiographical novel Dandelion Wine to be the most impactful. At the same time it best illustrated Bradbury’s incredible command of the language, his ability to stir the imagination, and the way in which he could open windows on life.I couldn’t count the number of times I would rerea. "Vintage Bradbury" according to Dan H Winters. Ray BradburyAugust 22nd 1922 - June 5th, 2012When Ray Bradbury died reactions came from everywhere including from President Obama. Surprising to me, few mentioned the one of his works that meant so much to me and affected my life so deeply. While he was most known to the general public for his science fiction, I found his mostly autobiographical novel Dandelion Wine to be the most impactful. At the same time it best illustrated Bradbury’s incredible command of the language, his ability to stir the imagination, and the way in which he could open windows on life.I couldn’t count the number of times I would rerea. - June 5th, "Vintage Bradbury" according to Dan H Winters. Ray BradburyAugust 22nd 1922 - June 5th, 2012When Ray Bradbury died reactions came from everywhere including from President Obama. Surprising to me, few mentioned the one of his works that meant so much to me and affected my life so deeply. While he was most known to the general public for his science fiction, I found his mostly autobiographical novel Dandelion Wine to be the most impactful. At the same time it best illustrated Bradbury’s incredible command of the language, his ability to stir the imagination, and the way in which he could open windows on life.I couldn’t count the number of times I would rerea. 01"Vintage Bradbury" according to Dan H Winters. Ray BradburyAugust 22nd 1922 - June 5th, 2012When Ray Bradbury died reactions came from everywhere including from President Obama. Surprising to me, few mentioned the one of his works that meant so much to me and affected my life so deeply. While he was most known to the general public for his science fiction, I found his mostly autobiographical novel Dandelion Wine to be the most impactful. At the same time it best illustrated Bradbury’s incredible command of the language, his ability to stir the imagination, and the way in which he could open windows on life.I couldn’t count the number of times I would rerea. When Ray Bradbury died reactions came from everywhere including from President Obama. Surprising to me, few mentioned the one of his works that meant so much to me and affected my life so deeply. While he was most known to the general public for his science fiction, I found his mostly autobiographical novel Dandelion Wine to be the most impactful. At the same time it best illustrated Bradbury’s incredible command of the language, his ability to stir the imagination, and the way in which he could open windows on life.I couldn’t count the number of times I would rerea. So beautiful. K. Spangler This was such a beautifully written book; the word usage was so rich. It's rare that I read a book that I love this much. Ray Bradbury is famous for his science fiction novels, but this story is a semi-autobiographical depiction of a summer experienced by two little boys.My favorite chapter was when Douglas spies the ultimate pair of tennis shoes in the window on the way home from a movie. The descriptions of the boy's feelings were such that I felt a longing to own the shoes as well. My heart beat so quickly when I experienced the crossing of the ravine with The Lonely One hot on the heels of Miss Lavinia. My heart ached. Desert Rat said From the perspective of age. I first read this either in high school or college when I was only a few years older than Douglas although at the time I thought I was much older. I'm now reading for the second time and just six years younger than Mrs. Bentley.When I read it the first time I was disappointed to realize it wasn't the science fiction novel I expected but thought is nice if a bit dull. Re-reading it decades later I see it is deeper than it appeared back then. To give two examples from the first third of the book: Consider the juxtaposition of the account of Mrs. Bentley with that of Col. Freeleigh. The first account is about leaving the pas
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. --Stanley Wiater. (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. 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. This tender, openly affectionate story of a young man's voyage of discovery is certainly more mainstream than e
Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole wide world that lies beyond the city limits. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928. Come and savor Bradbury's priceless distillation of all that is eternal about boyhood and summer.. But as young Douglas is about to discover, summer can be more than the repetition of established rituals whose mystical power holds time at bay. Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's renowned