An endearing, often outrageous blend of fable, tall tale, and page-turner, The Watermelon King returns to Ashland, Alabama — the fictional town immortalized in Daniel Wallace’s enormously popular Big Fish — the entire identity of which is based on the long-ago abundance of watermelons. Thomas Rider knows almost nothing about his parents, only that his mother died the day he was born in Ashland — the Estimated Reading Time: 1 min. The Watermelon King. An endearing, often outrageous blend of fable, tall tale, and page-turner, "The Watermelon King" brings readers to Ashland, Alabama -- the fictional town immortalized in Daniel Wallace's "Big Fish"--Whose reputation is based on the long-ago abundance of watermelons. Thomas Rider knows almost nothing about his parents, only that his mother died the day he was born in www.doorway.ru Interaction Count: 5. · STARS "An endearing, often outrageous blend of fable, tall tale, and page-turner, The Watermelon King brings readers to Ashland, Alabama -- the fictional town immortalized in Daniel Wallace's Big Fish -- whose reputation is based on the long-ago abundance of watermelons. Thomas Rider knows almost nothing about his parents, only that his mother died the day he was born in Ashland/5.
Daniel Wallace is author of six novels, including Big Fish (), Ray in Reverse (), The Watermelon King (), Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician (), The Kings and Queens of Roam (), and most recently Extraordinary Adventures (May ). His children's book, published in , and for which he did both the words and the pictures, is called The Cat's Pajamas, and it is. The Watermelon King by Daniel Wallace ( copies) Just Like Martin by Ossie Davis ( copies) The Truth Hurts by Nancy Pickard ( copies) Thistle Twigg by Mary Saums ( copies) My Last Days as Roy Rogers by Pat Cunningham Devoto ( copies) Making Waves by Cassandra King ( copies) Fancy Strut by Lee Smith (98 copies) Wicked City by. Daniel Wallace, author and illustrator, was born in in Birmingham, Ala. He attended first Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., and then the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His first novel, Big Fish (), was made into a film of the same name directed by Tim Burton in The collection consists of correspondence and related.
Wallace’s multi-layered story unfolds as slowly and seamlessly as the petals of a flower and is immensely pleasurable to read. His foundation for Ashland is solidified in The Watermelon King, and fans of his work are surely looking forward to the next development in a world that is both recognizable and yet fantastic. The first half of The Watermelon King is divided into a number of short chapters narrated by various residents of Ashland, Alabama. Townspeople like Iggy Winslow, the village idiot, Sugar, the. Outrageous at times and heartbreaking at others, The Watermelon King is a vivid exploration of the power of history and of storytelling, of identity and myth. This novel is Wallace's most provocative and inventive work to date.
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