Big Fish is a novel by Daniel Wallace. The novel follows the life of Edward Bloom as narrated by his son William. Because Edward always told exaggerated or fabricated stories about his life, William relates those stories while trying to grapple with their true meanings. The novel explores themes of truth, family, mortality, personal myth-making, and the idea of greatness.
Concerning the genre spectrum, Big Fish and Cold Mountain are miles apart. The first is a magical assortment of reality and fantasy driven by a man running from a loved one; the second is a historica...
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The Adventures of Edward's Life; as told in Big Fish
Hearing even a favorite story too many times can make the reason for liking the story in the first place forgotten. Sometimes the tel...
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Big Fish
William bloom doesn't know about his father. Now seeing the father die, he is desperate to know about his father. Big fish is a book about a person called Edward Bloom. Edward outran ever...
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