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Dandelion Wine [Hardcover]

Ray Bradbury (Author)
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Publication Date: Dec 1957
The summer of '28 was a vintag 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.

"Bradbury is an authentic original." -- "Time"

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  • Hardcover: 184 pages
  • Publisher: Hart-Davis (Dec 1957)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0246643072
  • ISBN-13: 978-0246643070
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,705,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Bradbury has a remarkable range of intensity and vision' Sunday Times

‘A haunting, nostalgic novel… DANDELION WINE is among the best of his earthbound works… He wrote about life on this planet in a richly poetic style that often makes the familiar world seem as fantastic and mysterious as the distant future or outer space.’
Washington Post

‘Bradbury at his best.’
Washington Post Book World

'It is impossible not to admire the vigour of his prose, similes and metaphors constantly cascading from his imagination' Spectator

‘No other writer uses language with greater originality and zest. he seems to be a American Dylan Thomas – with dsicipline’ Sunday Telegraph

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Ray Bradbury has published some 500 short stories, novels, plays and poems since his first story appeared in Weird Tales when he was twenty years old. Among his many famous works are The Illustrated Man and The Martian Chronicles.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An enchanting novel. 24 Aug 2000
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I first read "Dandelion Wine" when I was a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl. I was heavily into Science Fiction, and had read some of Bradbury's short stories. My favourite English teacher loaned me his copy of the novel.

I was surprised to find that it wasn't Science Fiction. However, I was soon enchanted by Bradbury's depiction of one golden summer in the life of an American boy.

I remember laughing and crying while I read the book. It was wonderful - sheer poetry.

I'm now a middle-aged woman, and Bradbury's words still move me. Read "Dandelion Wine". You won't regret it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What a Summer is Made Of 4 Sep 2003
By Mary
Format:Paperback
They say childhood ends when you start to remember it. Twelve year old Douglas is on the verge of this moment. He is realizing that summer is made of certain sounds, sights, smells, experiences. But somehow he also realizes that -- once past childhood -- we notice these glories much less often. Afraid of losing these things, he begins to keep a diary off all that he learns, all that he notices, all that happens.

This book is nothing short of magical. Bradbury captures the essence of summer seen through the eyes of a child who is gently leaving childhood behind. You will remember the small American town and its inhabitants for years after you've turned the last page. Simply said, you must read this book. Steal from your children's piggy bank to buy it if you must, but you have to read this book. You will not be disappointed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good to be alive 16 Nov 2002
By The Tedster
Format:Paperback
A wonderful evocation of growing up in small town USA in that post WW2 time when everything seemed possible, and the world took one big breath of hope for the future. The story captures the feelings of its central narrator, a small boy who realises the joy of being alive. By the end he has become aware of his own mortality.
Bradbury's human beings are caught as living, sentient beings via his magical prose style. Not a book to study in class, but one to be read under the covers. Full of a wisdom we all take for granted.
Get out there and feel the sun on your face, the rain on your back, the earth under your feet and the air in your lungs.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Episodic
'Dandelion Wine' does not have the tight narrative structure of 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'. It is rather a collection of episodes (some of which were also used as short... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dr Michael C Thorne
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy
This book captures summer, summer is about freedom and living to the full in only a few months. Everytime i see this book on my shelf i smile, i hope you will to.
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This is not SF which disappoints all Bradbury's SF fans. A boy begs his parents for new running shoes at the start of summer and spends the months running around a town where... Read more
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This is the most beautiful novel I've read in a long, long time. Bradbury is best known for science fiction, but this is not of that genre; it's a tenderly told tale about... Read more
Published 8 months ago by happycat
5.0 out of 5 stars For every man who was ever a boy.
One of the best novels I have ever read. A superb evocation of childhood in mid America, beautifully poetic with just enough fantasy to please Ray Bradbury's Sci-fi fans as... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. D. Pearson
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One of the best novels ever written .... I read it first in my teens and it profoundly affected the way I viewed the world - in a most positive sense ... Read more
Published 17 months ago by W. Parfitt
2.0 out of 5 stars Not his best
I am a big fan of Ray Bradbury so it was not without some feelings of guilt that I put this book down. To sum up my feelings in one sentence; Bradbury can do better than this. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2010 by Pelotonius
5.0 out of 5 stars A taste of summer
Weird book, I came to it a first time more than a year ago and then ignored it as it was not a sci-fi book (at the time i was looking for science fiction). Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2010 by kincajou
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Enjoyment!
I read this book every couple of years or so, it's like a dear old friend. It captures the joys of childhood that are locked in the memory of most adults. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2004 by J. Mcaulay
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read & read again type of book!!
I read this book a number of years ago and it's one of my favourites,I read it every couple of years or so, if you like a look back at more innocent days this is for you although... Read more
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