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| Original Title: | Farewell, Summer |
| ISBN: | 0061131547 (ISBN13: 9780061131547) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Green Town |
Ray Bradbury
Hardcover | Pages: 211 pages Rating: 3.72 | 4374 Users | 445 Reviews
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| Title | : | Farewell Summer (Green Town) |
| Author | : | Ray Bradbury |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 211 pages |
| Published | : | October 17th 2006 by William Morrow (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Fantasy. Classics. Young Adult. Novels. Literature. American |
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In a summer that refuses to end, in the deceiving warmth of earliest October, civil war has come to Green Town, Illinois. It is the age-old conflict: the young against the elderly, for control of the clock that ticks their lives ever forward. The first cap-pistol shot heard 'round the town is dead accurate, felling an old man in his tracks, compelling town elder and school board despot Mr. Calvin C. Quartermain to marshal his graying forces and declare total war on the assassin, thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaudling, and his downy-checked cohorts. Doug and his cronies, however, are most worthy adversaries who should not be underestimated, as they plan and execute daring campaigns-matching old Quartermain's experience and cunning with their youthful enthusiasm and devil-may-care determination to hold on forever to childhood's summer. Yet time must ultimately be the victor, with valuable revelations for those on both sides of the conflicts. And life waits in ambush to assail Doug Spaulding with its powerful mysteries-the irresistible ascent of manhood, the sweet surrender to a first kiss-Rating Regarding Books Farewell Summer (Green Town)
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The afterword for the book is by Ray Bradbury himself and I was surprised to learn that this was originally half of what became Dandelion Wine. Together they made up a longer book but his publisher at the time wished to split it into something shorter so it was edited and published as Dandelion Wine. Fifty Five years later in 2006 the second half was published and I'm happy to say it's just as good as the first.The book follows the same teenage boy as before, Doug Spaulding, a year later during"There are those days which seem a taking in of breath which, held, suspends the whole earth in its waiting. Some summers refuse to end."When I saw that Ray Bradbury had a new novel out, I could barely wait to get it from the library. Here it was at last, the sequel to One of my all time favorite novels, Dandelion Wine. And for me, it came at a time when I was thinking about Bradbury anyway. Ten years ago this June my college roommate and I flew off to the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. She
This is one of the many books on my list to read that I know I will never reach so I'm supplementing some on audio.This is a mock dreamlike fantasy tale of kids versus very old men in a small American town. The boys don't want to age and therefore lose their youth and the old men want to keep experiencing emotions through the faculties of the young.Poignant with poetic descriptions yet some might argue not a lot is happening and the final resolution ends at a low.Robert Fass does a good job with
Only Bradbury can write a novel like this!!!Captivating, vibrant and entrancing from the first page on..Of course it's the sequel to "Dandelion Wine", and it has taken him more than 50 years to write it..Let me say that Bradbury is indeed a master story teller, and in his craft unsurpassed to the very day!!Further I want to declare that although it's a quiet novel, I coudn't put it down..It's so beautifully written, like poetry, Bradbury himself has declared that he is indeed a poet..The prose
Having read Dandelion Wine with immense pleasure, I immediately launched into that book's sequel. I wasn't expecting the sequel to be as good, and it isn't; and I even feared it might be bad, which it also isn't. Farewell Summer is a good book, but not a great book like its predecessor.I regard Bradbury's later work as weaker than his earlier, and the prose in Farewell Summer certainly isn't up to the high standards of Dandelion Wine, yet I am a little confused about this. For even though
Not as good as the Dandelion Wine, but still, a very beautiful and emotional book, perfect for a summer evening. Shorter and darker than DW, it will bring you back to the era it described even if you never were there.
WOW! Real emotion! I cannot remember the last time that an author caused me to close a book and take a moment to sob like what happened with this book today. Perhaps I read too much and have become jaded, but thankfully Mr. Bradbury broke through for me! I have waited for this book for most of my life as it is a sequel to "Dandelion Wine" which is one of my favorites. This book is powerful in its beauty and emotion and the thought it provoked in me. Parents, there are some adult themes here,
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