Dandelion WineDandelion Wine
a Novel
1st ed.
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Book, 1999
Current format, Book, 1999, 1st ed, Available .Knowing his mystical home town of Illinois to be as rich and varied as the entire outside world, Douglas Spaulding learns during his twelfth summer that the time-defeating rituals he has always participated in have more poignant consequences. Reissue.
In the unusual world of Green Town, Illinois, a twelve-year-old discovers the wonders of reality and the power of imagination during the summer of 1928
<p>Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. <em>Dandelion Wine</em> 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.</p><p>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. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy afternoon. It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable <em>always</em>. 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. It can be a best friend moving away, a human time machine who can transport you back to the Civil War, or a sideshow automaton able to glimpse the bittersweet future.</p><p>Come and savor Ray Bradbury's priceless distillation of all that is eternal about boyhood and summer.</p>
In the unusual world of Green Town, Illinois, a twelve-year-old discovers the wonders of reality and the power of imagination during the summer of 1928
<p>Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. <em>Dandelion Wine</em> 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.</p><p>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. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy afternoon. It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable <em>always</em>. 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. It can be a best friend moving away, a human time machine who can transport you back to the Civil War, or a sideshow automaton able to glimpse the bittersweet future.</p><p>Come and savor Ray Bradbury's priceless distillation of all that is eternal about boyhood and summer.</p>
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