The Resource Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions, by Daniel Wallace
Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions, by Daniel Wallace
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Algonquin paperback.
- Extent
- viii, 194 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781616201647
- Label
- Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions
- Title
- Big fish
- Title remainder
- a novel of mythic proportions
- Statement of responsibility
- by Daniel Wallace
- 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
- 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
- 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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