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From the Dust Returned
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780380789610
ISBN: 0380789612
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: September 01, 2002
Publisher: Avon
Release Date: September 03, 2002
Studio: Avon
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Editorial Review:
High on a hill by a forked tree, the House beckons its family homeward, and they come--travelers from the lyrical, lush imagination of Ray Bradbury.
From the Dust Returned chronicles a community of eternal beings: a mummified matriarch who speaks in dust; a sleeping daughter who lives through the eyes and ears of the creatures she visits in her dreams; an uncle with wings like sea-green sails. And there is also the mortal child Timothy, the foundling son who yearns to be like those he loves: to fly, to sleep in daytime, and to live forever. Instead, his task is to witness the family's struggle with the startling possibility of its own end.
Bradbury is deservedly recognized as a master of lyricism and delicate mood. In this novel he weaves together individuals' stories and the overarching family crisis into a softly whispered, seductive tale of longing and loss, death and life in the shadowy places. --Roz Genessee
Ray Bradbury, America's most beloved storyteller, has spent a lifetime carrying readers to exhilarating and dangerous places, from dark street comers in unfamiliar cities and towns to the edge of the universe. Now, in an extraordinary flight of the imagination a half-century in the making, he takes us to a most wondrous destination: into the heart of an Eternal Family.They have lived for centuries in a house of legend and mystery in upper Illinois -- and they are not like other midwesterners. Rarely encountered in daylight hours, their children are curious and wild; their old ones have survived since before the Sphinx first sank its paws deep in Egyptian sands. And some sleep in beds with lids.Now the house is being readied in anticipation of the gala homecoming that will gather together the farflung branches of this odd and remarkable family. In the past-midnight stillness can be detected the soft fluttering of Uncle Einars wings. From her realm of sleep, Cecy, the fairest and most special daughter, can feel the approach of many a welcome being -- shapeshifter, telepath, somnambulist, vampire -- as she flies high in the consciousness of bird and bat.But in the midst of eager anticipation, a sense of doom pervades. For the world is changing. And death, no stranger, will always shadow this most singular family: Father, arisen from the Earth; Mother, who never sleeps but dreams; A Thousand Times Great GrandmÉre; Grandfather, who keeps the wildness of youth between his ears.And the boy who, more than anyone, carries the burden of time on his shoulders: Timothy, the sad and different foundling son who must share it all, remember, and tell...and who, alone out of all of them, must one day age and wither and die.By turns lyrical, wistful, poignant, and chilling, From the Dust Returned is the long-awaited new novel by the peerless Ray Bradbury -- a book that will surely be numbered among his most enduring masterworks.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A valuable addition to his works
This book puts some early stories that didn't make much sense in their collections into a context that certainly does. The result is impressive and enjoyable. Like Dandelion Wine it is a sequence of stories collectively forming a novel. The early writing is brilliant, the later examples simpler and mellower, and the whole thing adds up surely to one of his essential books. The only doubts I had were about a story from the 1980s. Ray Bradbury is on a roll and it is wonderful to him him even now ... Read More
Rating: - An insane rolicking ride
I had read pieces of this work before scattered through various Bradbury anthologies, and so it was surprising and somewhat unsettling to encounter them in their original context. This is a short, odd book, populated by characters that only a wonderfully-sane madman could dream up. Like most Bradbury works, it leaves you with a simultaneous feeling of satisfaction, but also the puzzlement of wondering what exactly just happened.
Rating:  - Some of the stories are perfect, some are flat-out boring (3.5 stars)
After reading a fair amount of Ray Bradbury's work, I searched for more. I found From the Dust Returned (Hardcover) in a used book store for six dollars, and I feel a bit robbed. Some of these stories previously published (Homecoming, The April Witch, On the Orient North) are some of Bradbury's best short stories. So then, what is wrong with this novel? It all doesn't flow together well. Bradbury should have just left his short stories alone and should not have tried to make a full novel based around ... Read More
Rating: - Pure poetry!
This is the first Ray Bradbury book i've read. *cringes* But it was the most beautiful story i've heard in a long time. Mr. Bradbury knows how to paint the most vivid pictures in ones mind with his words. The dream-like atmosphere is enough to lull one into a mind-set where truly, a family such as this, can exist. It is a quick read, but so worth revisiting. Overflowing with imagery and poetry, this book is just amazing....
Rating: - Probably not what you are expecting, but worth checking out
I purchased this book having heard nothing about it, but knowing much of its author, the legendary Ray Bradbury.
An unquestionable leader of American Literature, Bradbury has dazzled his readers with tales of science-fiction, horror, and fantasy. And while whimsical writing conjuring thoughts of poetry rather than prose is almost a Bradbury staple, I have never read anything by him as poetic as "From the Dust Returned".
This story of a family comprised of mummies, vampires, ... Read More
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