Big fish: a novel of mythic proportions
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Published:
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books, 2012.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
viii, 194 pages : portrait ; 21 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781616201647, 0142004278 (pbk.), 0140282777, 1616201649 :, 9781616201647 :, 9781616201647 (pbk.), 1616201649 (pbk.)
Notes
General Note
"Reader's guide and other special features inside"--Page 4 of cover.
Description
When his attempts to get to know his dying father fail, William Bloom makes up stories that recreate his father's life in heroic proportions.
Description
Now that his father is dying, William Bloom realizes he hardly knows him, but the father is more interested in evading his questions than answering them. So Bloom reconstructs his father's life with a series of heroic tales and in the process gets to know him.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Wallace, D. (2012). Big fish: a novel of mythic proportions. Algonquin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wallace, Daniel, 1959-. 2012. Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions. Algonquin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wallace, Daniel, 1959-, Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions. Algonquin Books, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wallace, Daniel. Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions. Algonquin Books, 2012.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t The day he was born -- |t In which he speaks to animals -- |t The year it snowed in Alabama -- |t His great promise -- |t My father's death: take 1 -- |t The girl in the river -- |t His quiet charm -- |t How he tamed the giant -- |t In which he goes fishing -- |t The day he left Ashland -- |t Entering a new world -- |t The old lady and the eye -- |t My father's death: take 2 -- |t His first great love -- |t His legendary legs -- |t In which he makes his move -- |t The fight -- |t On meeting the in-laws -- |t His three labors -- |t He goes to war -- |t My father's death: take 3 -- |t The day I was born -- |t How he saw me -- |t How he saved my life -- |t His immortality -- |t His greatest power -- |t In which he has a dream -- |t In which he buys a town, and more -- |t How it ends -- |t My father's death: take 4 -- |t Big fish. |
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