Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Currey, 44.īook with very slightest toning to spine, dust jacket with traces of sticker removal on rear panel and minor rubbing and toning to extremities. The author effectively evokes the transition of the novel's protagonist from childhood to early adolescence' (Barron, Fantasy and Horror 7-45). 'Much of Bradbury's work, whether in fantasy, science fiction, realistic fiction or even horror is infused with a pastoral nostalgia, and nowhere is this trait more pronounced than in Dandelion Wine. But it is nonetheless a novelized story cycle closer (in terms of structure) to The Martian Chronicles than to its sister work, Something Wicked This Way Comes' (Eller & Touponce, 208). Dandelion Wine was Bradbury's 'first chance to develop a true novel from the experiences of his Illinois youth… It has never been out of print since its publication in 1957. The main character, Douglas Spaulding, is based on Bradbury… Considered one of Bradbury's strongest works, the novel has received a good deal of acclaim and critical attention' (Reid, 63). The novel is more autobiographical than fantasy (unlike its companion, Something Wicked This Way Comes), with the majority of events being daily moments of life in the Midwest in the late 1920s.

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