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 …
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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.
Dandelion Wine is unique amongst the works of the popular author Ray Bradbury, in that it provides us with perhaps the clearest insight into the thoughts and feelings of the author. The book was published in 1957, perhaps over twenty years after the era which it is about, thus providing an inevitable theme of nostalgia throughout the book. The principal character, Douglas Spalding, and his brother Tom, encounter a series of adventures which are described in a crafted and distinguished manner to provide a philosophical tone throughout the book. The narrative is enriched by the experiences of individuals such as Leo Auffman, who attempts (unsuccessfully) to construct a 'Happiness machine'. Overall, the book provides a nostalgic sense of childhood and an understanding of the beauty of the world and all its features; in this way, it appears to be Bradbury himself reminiscing on his past. Douglas has similar traits to those Bradbury has later in life identified in himself, strengthening this interpretation.
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Dandelion wine
269, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 10 Maggio 1975 da Knopf : distributed by Random House.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-394-49605-4ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 1119524
Dandelion wine
239, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 10 Maggio 1990 da Bantam Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-553-27753-1ISBN copiato!
Dandelion Wine
Hardcover, 239 pagine
Pubblicato il 10 Giugno 1976 da Ballantine Books (T).
- ISBN:
- 978-0-553-11930-5ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 2068845
Dandelion wine.
184, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 10 Settembre 1969 da Bantam Books.
- Numero OCLC:
- 4308209
Dandelion Wine
Paperback, 192 pagine
Pubblicato il 10 Maggio 1969 da Bantam Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-552-08276-1ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 8328227
DANDELION WINE
Mass Market Paperback
lingua English
Pubblicato il 01 Marzo 1985 da Bantam.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-553-25236-1ISBN copiato!
Dandelion wine
Unknown Binding, 239 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 10 Maggio 1975 da Bantam Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-553-14394-2ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 7763953
Dandelion Wine
Hardcover, 184 pagine
Pubblicato il 10 Maggio 1957 da Rupert Hart-Davis.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-246-64307-0ISBN copiato!
DANDELION WINE
Paperback, 184 pagine
Pubblicato il 10 Maggio 1975 da Bantam Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-552-09882-3ISBN copiato!
Dandelion Wine
hardcover, 220 pagine
Pubblicato il 18 Settembre 2007 da PS Publishing.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-905834-38-9ISBN copiato!
Dandelion Wine
Mass Market Paperback
lingua English
Pubblicato il 01 Marzo 1985 da Bantam.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-553-27051-8ISBN copiato!
Dandelion Wine
Audio CD
lingua English
Pubblicato il 10 Gennaio 2007 da Blackstone Audiobooks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7861-5849-2ISBN copiato!
Dandelion Wine
Audio Cassette
lingua English
Pubblicato il 10 Gennaio 1946 da Books on Tape.
- ISBN:
- 978-5-557-02236-1ISBN copiato!
Vino iz oduvanchikov
429, pagine
lingua Russian
Pubblicato il 10 Maggio 2000 da Izd-vo "Azbuka".
- ISBN:
- 978-5-267-00197-7ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 45872211
Dandelion wine
Paperback
Pubblicato il 10 Maggio 1976 da Bantam Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-553-13155-0ISBN copiato!
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