Rather is it a blend of nostalgic recall - very definitely an adult remembering, interpreting, philosophizing over the brief period of awakening that belongs to adolescence, and episodes about incidents, often horrors, related to other people in the town. The dandelion wine becomes a symbol of successive events, week by week. A friend who has been all-compassing moves from town it is almost more than he can bear - and he turns to his small brother with unexpected attachment. A country summer becomes something that must be seized and recorded with every passing hour. Death and old age as universal factors of living shock him to the depths. Douglas Spaulding at twelve is suddenly excitingly aware of the world around him, of the magic and wonder and understanding that had passed him by.
The impossibility of pigeon-holding Ray Bradbury as a science fiction writer is once again emphasized in this charming philosophical study of adolescence.
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