"Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with the spices of a million flowers."__ writes Ray Bradbury, in his introduction to "Dandelion Wine" capturing perfectly the essence of his book__So how do you put into words the excitement of being a boy? Ray Bradbury hits it spot on in his 1957 autobiographical novel, "Dandelion Wine." Bradbury's beautiful and evocative prose ties together a series of short stories that capture the wonderment of a boyhood. A summer of magic that can only be fired by a "boy's imagination" and thirst for adventure. In other words: it's fun to be a boy and most men can remember that__ boyhood that time of life when everyday things have a wondrous structure and life seems a boundless series of adventures and curiosities. Bradbury is skillful in recreating this and Dandelion Wine serves as the metaphor for putting all the joys of a boy's summer into a single bottle. He puts it this way: "Counting boxcars is a prime activity of boys. Their elders fret and fume and jeer at the train that holds them up, but boys happily count and cry the names of the cars as they pass from far places." This book is nothing less than a 12 year old boy discovering he is alive. In 1971, the Apollo 15 astronauts paid homage to this boyhood sense of wonderment that they experienced as boys and then relived when they walked on the moon, by naming a moon crater "Dandelion Crater."
Saturday, August 22, 2009
BOOKS: Dandelion Wine
"Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with the spices of a million flowers."__ writes Ray Bradbury, in his introduction to "Dandelion Wine" capturing perfectly the essence of his book__So how do you put into words the excitement of being a boy? Ray Bradbury hits it spot on in his 1957 autobiographical novel, "Dandelion Wine." Bradbury's beautiful and evocative prose ties together a series of short stories that capture the wonderment of a boyhood. A summer of magic that can only be fired by a "boy's imagination" and thirst for adventure. In other words: it's fun to be a boy and most men can remember that__ boyhood that time of life when everyday things have a wondrous structure and life seems a boundless series of adventures and curiosities. Bradbury is skillful in recreating this and Dandelion Wine serves as the metaphor for putting all the joys of a boy's summer into a single bottle. He puts it this way: "Counting boxcars is a prime activity of boys. Their elders fret and fume and jeer at the train that holds them up, but boys happily count and cry the names of the cars as they pass from far places." This book is nothing less than a 12 year old boy discovering he is alive. In 1971, the Apollo 15 astronauts paid homage to this boyhood sense of wonderment that they experienced as boys and then relived when they walked on the moon, by naming a moon crater "Dandelion Crater."
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