‘No other writer uses language with greater originality and zest. ‘Bradbury is an authentic original’ Time Magazine 'It is impossible not to admire the vigour of his prose, similes and metaphors constantly cascading from his imagination' Spectator he seems to be a American Dylan Thomas – with discipline’ Sunday Telegraph Dandelion Wine (1957) is a coming-of-age novel by Ray Bradbury, best known as one of the fathers of speculative fiction. It serves as the setting of his modern classics Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Farewell Summer. In his stories, Green Town is a symbol of safety and home, which is often juxtaposed as a contrasting backdrop to tales of fantasy or menace. ‘No other writer uses language with greater originality and zest. In Bradburys works of fiction, 1920s Waukegan becomes 'Green Town,' Illinois. 'Let us now praise Ray Bradbury, the uncrowned poet laureate of science fiction.' The Times

He published some five hundred short stories, novels and plays over his lifetime. One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, Bradbury is also the author of the iconic FAHRENHEIT 451, THE ILLUSTRATED MAN and THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. This is a beautifully woven tapestry of stories that illuminates some of Green Town’s hidden corners, and reaffirms Bradbury’s position as an undisputed master of fiction.

Buy a discounted Digital Audiobook of Dandelion Wine online from Australias leading. SUMMER MORNING, SUMMER NIGHT is a collection of short stories and vignettes based in Green Town, Illinois, the fictionalised version of Ray Bradbury’s native Waukegan, which also served as the setting for his modern classics DANDELION WINE, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, and FAREWELL SUMMER.Īmong them are stories about a pair of elderly sisters who concoct a love potion with unexpected consequence the careful affection between a teacher and her young student the fireflies in the night who spark a conversation about life between a young boy and his grandfather. Booktopia has Dandelion Wine, Green Town : Book 1 by Ray Bradbury. One of Ray Bradbury’s classic short story collections, available in ebook for the first time.

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