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Summary: Bradbury... mas del maestro
Review: Ahmed tiene doce años. Acompaña a su padre en una caravana que atraviesa el desierto. En la oscuridad de la noche, Ahmed cae de su camello y se pierde en el inmenso paisaje de arena. Desesperado y solo, comienza a llorar. Sus lágrimas despiertan a una extraña estatua de bronce, semienterrada en la arena, que le dice: "Soy amigo del silencio, compañero de la penumbra, heredero del amanecer ... Soy el dios de todos los cielos y aires y vientos que jamás soplaron en la tierra desde que el Tiempo comenzó". Para consolar a Ahmed, el dios le concede el don de volar, y los dos emprenden una aventura espectacular. Las maravillas y las penas del mundo, el pasado y el presente desfilan ante sus ojos. Con cada revelación, Ahmed aprende todo lo que la vida puede ofrecer. El maestro Bradbury ofrece una fábula encantadora para chicos de todas las edades. "Me han enterrado, matado mil veces y encerrado en mil tumbas sin nombres. ¿Quiénes?, gritó Ahmed Los soñadores que no sueñan, los soñadores que no hacen. Los que dudan y matan el sueño. Los muertos que caminan, que ven cielos sin aves y mares sin naves. Deja que tu alma instruya a tu corazón, que tu corazón hable a tu lengua. Exhala. Celebra. ¡Grita! Salta al vació y construye tus alas en la caída. La locura es coraje. " Un gran libro, definitivamente un must-read para los seguidores de este, uno de los narradores de lirica mas bella de la literatura norteamericana.
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Summary: It's Bradbury
Review: Dear reader from Albuquerque New Mexico. Your neither, your just a social climber who hasn't gotten anywhere. Like ray olson the Commissar from the (Fahrenheit 451)American Library Association. Although the illustrations are poor.
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Summary: pompous piece of junk
Review: First of all, you should understand that this is nothing more than a short-story; it's not a novel or even a novella. The print was made real big and the margins generous so that it could be released as a stand-alone. It will probably take you 25 minutes to read from start to finish.I have a problem with Bradbury: I used to worship everything he wrote when I was 12-14 years old. But now that I'm older and my tastes in literature are more sophisticated, I am unable to tell if Bradbury has gotten worse, or if I've just gotten more sophisticated, and therefore more difficult to please. I suppose we all have a critical blind spot for the stuff we grew up with. Nevertheless, I hated this book. It took a couple of readings just to understand what was going on. I've read it three times now, and it certainly hasn't repaid the effort. Bradbury seems unable to focus on (or even come up with) one good idea; the story seems like a hodge-podge of leftover purple phrases that wouldn't fit into other stories. Seems like Bradbury just saved up a few dozen of these phrases and decided to mash them all together in one story, a story which otherwise lacked any real plot. The worst problem about this book, though, is just that; really, there's no STORY. Just page after page of high-flown blather. Imaginative verbiage, but without any underlying interest. The dialogue is stiff and overwritten; it just doesn't PLAY. I'll probably never be able to answer the question whether Bradbury has gotten worse or not, but he's definitely done better than this. Also be warned that the publisher has seen fit not to number the pages. It's more mythical-poetic that way!
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Summary: A book for all aside from the jaded and the cynical. Jump!Ju
Review: Forget the critics' jaded slant. Ahmed is a wonderful story, chock full of inspiration and guidance in bounds. Do keep in mind however that this is a "fable" and not one of his longer, more in depth novels. Although steeped in sometimes confusing philosophical banter, Ahmed is more than worth the extra time spent reading very closely as to carefully digest all the hidden wonderment and life inspiring shouts. Each read through, should provide for only more clarity and understanding of Mr. Bradburys' secret recipe for living life as it should be, to it's fullest. A great book to help remind you during times of despair what living is all about. There! Take that BOOKLIST and others. Poke, stab, poke!
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Summary: A really unusual Fable
Review: I picked up this book because I'm a fan of Ray Bradbury, and it was one of the featured books around Christmastime. It's a short book, which is nice, Bradbury gives the fable without a lot of excess writing. There is something about the book that really drew me in while I was reading it. Maybe it was the wonderful black and while drawings that are scattered through the book, illustration various scenes. Maybe it was just the story itself, the story of a young boy who learns to think and feel with his heart and mind, and learns to fly with the help of a most unusual god. Whatever the reason the book drew me in, it was a valid one. The book is a good one, with an important moral, provided you take the time to sit down and read it.
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