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Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

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Dandelion Wine

A Novel

Ray Bradbury

Random House Worlds · Print & ebook · March 1, 1985

Reading lane: The Classics

From one of the 20th century’s most beloved storytellers, a moving evocation of the wonder found on the cusp of adolescence and a powerful depiction of small town American life “[ Dandelion Wine ] is Bradbury’s masterpiece, his fullest, most deeply felt and lyrical expression, touching on his usual themes of youth, old age and small-town life but stripped of their usual layer of sci-fi remove.” — Electric Literature “[Ray] Bradbury is an authentic original.”— Time The summer of 1928 was a vintage season for a growing boy.

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Why This Clicks

Lyrical Summer

Come here for

  • Bradbury’s lyrical, story-by-story glow
  • A collector’s stop in his 20th-century U.S. fantasy shelf

Expect

  • Sustained, episodic immersion
  • More savor than sprint

Book Details

Authors
Ray Bradbury
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Published
March 1, 1985
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
The Classics · Coming-of-Age
Reading lane
The Classics

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Publisher Categories

  • The Classics

  • Coming-of-Age

  • Small-Town Fiction

About This Book

From one of the 20th century’s most beloved storytellers, a moving evocation of the wonder found on the cusp of adolescence and a powerful depiction of small town American life “[ Dandelion Wine ] is Bradbury’s masterpiece, his fullest, most deeply felt and lyrical expression, touching on his usual themes of youth, old age and small-town life but stripped of their usual layer of sci-fi remove.” — Electric Literature “[Ray] Bradbury is an authentic original.”— Time The summer...

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From one of the 20th century’s most beloved storytellers, a moving evocation of the wonder found on the cusp of adolescence and a powerful depiction of small town American life “[ Dandelion Wine ] is Bradbury’s masterpiece, his fullest, most deeply felt and lyrical expression, touching on his usual themes of youth, old age and small-town life but stripped of their usual layer of sci-fi remove.” — Electric Literature “[Ray] Bradbury is an authentic original.”— Time The summer of 1928 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 in moving, interconnected vignettes, by the incomparable Ray Bradbury.

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