Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions / by Daniel Wallace.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012Copyright date: ©1998Edition: First Algonquin paperbackDescription: viii, 194 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781616201647
- 1616201649
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Wallace, Daniel | Available | 33111009721636 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The classic novel that inspired the beloved Tim Burton film and the Broadway musical.
In his prime, Edward Bloom was an extraordinary man. He could outrun anybody. He never missed a day of school. He saved lives and tamed giants. Animals loved him, people loved him, women loved him. He knew more jokes than any man alive. At least that's what he told his son, William. But now Edward Bloom is dying, and William wants desperately to know the truth about his elusive father--this indefatigable teller of tall tales--before it's too late. So, using the few facts he knows, William re-creates Edward's life in a series of legends and myths, through which he begins to understand his father's great feats, and his great failings. The result is hilarious and wrenching, tender and outrageous.
In his prime, Edward Bloom was an extraordinary man. He could outrun anybody. He never missed a day of school. He saved lives and tamed giants. Animals loved him, people loved him, women loved him. He knew more jokes than any man alive. At least that's what he told his son, William. But now Edward Bloom is dying, and William wants desperately to know the truth about his elusive father--this indefatigable teller of tall tales--before it's too late. So, using the few facts he knows, William re-creates Edward's life in a series of legends and myths, through which he begins to understand his father's great feats, and his great failings. The result is hilarious and wrenching, tender and outrageous.
The day he was born -- In which he speaks to animals -- The year it snowed in Alabama -- His great promise -- My father's death: take 1 -- The girl in the river -- His quiet charm -- How he tamed the giant -- In which he goes fishing -- The day he left Ashland -- Entering a new world -- The old lady and the eye -- My father's death: take 2 -- His first great love -- His legendary legs -- In which he makes his move -- The fight -- On meeting the in-laws -- His three labors -- He goes to war -- My father's death: take 3 -- The day I was born -- How he saw me -- How he saved my life -- His immortality -- His greatest power -- In which he has a dream -- In which he buys a town, and more -- How it ends -- My father's death: take 4 -- Big fish.