Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions
Category: Audible Books & Originals,Literature & Fiction,Genre Fiction,Contemporary Fiction
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions Details
Writer and illustrator Daniel Wallace has published stories in various literary magazines. Big Fish is a novel reminiscent of Garrison Keillor and Mark Twain. It is a surprising work, filled with imagination, homespun humor, and hyperbole. Edward Bloom, an aging salesman, is dying. As his grown son, William, cares for him, the young man tries to focus on what he knows about his father's life. Story after story surfaces in William's memory, and he shares mythic visions of a fantastic father who was loved by all-a man who was the best runner, fisherman, businessman, and adventurer in the world. Big Fish tells these tall tales of Edward Bloom's life. Punctuated with his vast repertory of jokes, they set the stage for Edward's final, wonderful transformation.
Reviews
The movie Big Fish is one of my favourites, but this is a situation, much like Forrest Gump, where the novelist creates an unforgettable character and the screenwriter takes that character and creates a wonderful plot that's not in the novel. The two are best when considered together. Reading the book helps you appreciate the complexity of the main character. Watching the movie puts that complex character into interesting situations and makes him do things the novelist didn't know he could do. I hope that makes sense.