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The Resource Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions, by Daniel Wallace

Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions, by Daniel Wallace

Label
Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions
Title
Big fish
Title remainder
a novel of mythic proportions
Statement of responsibility
by Daniel Wallace
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1959-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Wallace, Daniel
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3573.A4256348
LC item number
B5 2012
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Fathers and sons
  • Terminally ill
  • Storytelling
  • Fathers and sons
  • Storytelling
  • Terminally ill
  • Fathers and sons
  • Storytelling
  • Alabama
  • Alabama
Label
Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions, by Daniel Wallace
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
  • The day he was born
  • 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
  • In which he speaks to animals
  • How it ends
  • My father's death: take 4
  • Big fish
  • 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
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First Algonquin paperback.
Extent
viii, 194 pages
Isbn
9781616201647
Lccn
2012462654
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)820555520
  • (OCoLC)ocn820555520
Label
Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions, by Daniel Wallace
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
  • The day he was born
  • 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
  • In which he speaks to animals
  • How it ends
  • My father's death: take 4
  • Big fish
  • 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
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First Algonquin paperback.
Extent
viii, 194 pages
Isbn
9781616201647
Lccn
2012462654
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)820555520
  • (OCoLC)ocn820555520

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