![]() However, before this happens he still has some time left to himself, and plans to put it to as good a use as anyone could in his situation. In Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine, we make the acquaintance of Douglas Spaulding, a twelve-year old who will soon step into the disenchanting realm of adulthood. ![]() ![]() However, I believe most of us remember fondly how mysterious and mythical the world felt back then, and if we could go back to it for just a little bit, I think most of us wouldn't be against it. Whether or not we are capable of defining the particular moment, pretty much all of us have gone through the transition from childhood into adulthood, learning to see the world in more realistic and less magical terms. Ray Bradbury has forever cemented his legacy as one of the titans of literature, with many of his works considered essential classics today.Īs is the case with most authors of this calibre, some of his stories went more under the radar than other ones despite being no worse, and it feels to me Dandelion Wine is one of them, following the story of the twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding and his one magical summer of 1928. ![]()
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