Dandelion Wine
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David Aaron Baker
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Ray Bradbury
About this listen
Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine 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.
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 always.
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. Come and savor Ray Bradbury's priceless distillation of all that is eternal about boyhood and summer.
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- a lisa
- 06-03-24
heartbreaking and labyrinthine
the end of summer is the end of time, and the end of life, as humans with child-like innocence understand the inevitability of death. heartbreaking and labyrinthine novel, full of interesting metaphors.
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- Bramblekate
- 22-06-24
Poetic descriptions
Such a charming story of one summer through a young boy's eyes. Every sense is evoked. The writing is so beautifully lyrical that I was reminded of Dylan Thomas in many passages.
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- natasha smith
- 16-12-24
Magical
It's a brilliant nostalgic tale of childhood - and a summer 1928 - beautifully observed - a quiet warm remembering
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-03-24
a lovely story
I really enjoyed this story, it was innocent, it was warm, it is life. Read.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-12-21
Beautiful words
Only two stars for the story as there is no plot as such. Just beautiful words read so well. Not what I expected from Ray Bradbury but definitely worth a listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-01-24
great listen
not one I recognised from.Ray Bradbury. but really enjoyed it.If you like a gentle read and a bit.of.nostalgia
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- KirstyOlive
- 05-07-24
Beautifully written, nostalgic, feel good.
A very simple yet captivating and beautifully written story. The style of writing is quite poetic. Ray really helps you to remember what it was like to be 12, on holidays from school, with the world at your feet. Every day being a new adventure and some of the ups and downs that come with it. Wonderful.
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- Fiona McAndrew
- 14-06-24
Beautifuly told.
Wonderfully imersive. I can't recommend enough. Ray Bradburys beautiful writings told in memorising detail. I promise you won't stop listening until the very end leaving you ready for another chapter, another book.
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- Wayne Strachan
- 18-08-23
Time in a jar
I returned to this 35 years after I read it. It’s been there in the background for me all this time yet I barely remembered a word of it. So quite a strange nostalgic experience this time. It seems to represent the passing of time, from day to day, one year to the next, or century to century. This is one single summer, yet it is every summer. So I’ll continue remembering or misremembering this, a memory of summer in the warm sunshine. Forever.
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- m. berry
- 20-02-22
Brings back childhood wonder
Made me remember things from childhood I had forgotten. Also gave me a new found anticipation for summer.
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