Big Fish A Novel Of Mythic Proportions Daniel Wallace by Daniel Wallace 9781616201654, 1616201657 instant download after payment.

“Refreshing, original . . . Wallace mixes the mundane & the mythical. His chapters have the transformative quality of fable & fairy tale.” — Publishers Weekly

“An audacious, highly original debut novel . . . An imaginative, & moving, record of a son’s love for a charming, unknowable father.” — Kirkus Reviews

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The classic novel that inspired the beloved Tim Burton film & 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 & 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, & 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 & myths—hilarious and wrenching, tender & outrageous—through which he begins to understand his father's great feats, & his great failings.

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Daniel Wallace is the author of 6 novels, including Big Fish, which was adapted & released as a movie & a Broadway musical. His novels have been translated into over 36 languages. His essays & interviews have been published in The Bitter Southerner, Garden & Gun, Poets & Writers & Our State magazine, where he was, for a short time, the barbecue critic. His short stories have appeared in over 50 magazines & periodicals. He was awarded the Harper Lee Award, given to a nationally recognized Alabama writer who has made a significant lifelong contribution to Alabama letters. He was inducted into the Alabama Literary Hall of Fame in 2022. He is the J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.