Ray Bradbury
Paperback | Pages: 239 pages Rating: 4.09 | 51083 Users | 4324 Reviews
Mention Books Toward Dandelion Wine (Green Town)
| Original Title: | Dandelion Wine |
| ISBN: | 0671037706 (ISBN13: 9780671037703) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Green Town |
| Characters: | Douglas Spaulding, Tom Spaulding |
| Setting: | Illinois,1928(United States) |
Commentary As Books Dandelion Wine (Green Town)
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.
Describe Of Books Dandelion Wine (Green Town)
| 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 |
Rating Of Books Dandelion Wine (Green Town)
Ratings: 4.09 From 51083 Users | 4324 ReviewsEvaluation Of Books Dandelion Wine (Green Town)
Um....ok so I totally hated this book. I hope someone out there can tell me why this is a good book. It's unique, sure, but it's just a mess of words. In reading the introduction, I felt like I got a sense of why that is. The author said he forced himself to word-dump every single morning - just writing as creatively etc as he could. Well, I think he just put those "creative" word-dumps together and called it a story. It has no story line, no voice, no character development, no point. The authorThe only reason I gave this book five stars was because I couldn't give it five thousand.I can't express how beautiful this book is. I've never cried so hard (no, not even when Mrs. Johnson read us "Where the Red Fern Grows" in the third grade), nor have I felt so much love from a bunch of grouped together, sixty-year-old, courier-fonted words. I've never been more scared than I was by the possibility of the Lonely One being just around the corner, hiding in the shadows. I've never thought so
apparently my 1,000th rating! I should be stoked at the milestone I guess, but I was really digging how that 999 looked under my avatar. maybe I should go back and un-rate something and then just keep doing that as needed.
If a day ever comes when the patisseries of the world draw back their prized pastries and sweets, and replace them with old and new copies of Dandelion Wine, I would be the first one, surely, to grab hold of the person next to me and aver in my most jubilant voice that Yes, I did see it coming. Nobody else but me in the whole wide world.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding snaps his finger before a slowly waking Green Town, and thus begins the summer of 1928. A summer of surprises, of mysteries, of
Reading this book feels like how the beginning of summer feels, with all of the traditions to relive and new experiences to come. Most of the book is seen through the eyes of a 12 year old boy, so it also brings on many feelings of nostalgia, and the glorious freedom of being a kid in the summertime. That being said, I feel like something was missing in order for me to love this book, but as a quick summer read with a few insightful bits, this was pretty decent. Not my favorite Bradbury, but
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
"Dandelion wine. The words were summer on the tongue. The wine was summer caught and stoppered." I want to feel all there is to feel, he thought. Let me feel tired, now, let me feel tired. I mustn't forget, I'm alive, I know I'm alive, I mustn't forget it tonight or tomorrow or the day after that.Doug (12) and Tom (10) Spaulding live in Green Town, Illinois. Bradbury published this book in 1957, though you can see why this became popular in the late sixties, celebrating summer and nature as it
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