x dismiss this message
Did you know you can edit this page?
-
Sign Into Shelfari
-
Choose something to edit
-
Save your contributions
see page history
Description edit
In his prime, Edward Bloom was an extraordinary man. Or at least that's what he told his son. Faced with the prospect of his father's death, William Bloom sets about to discover who the man really is. Daniel Wallace's magical first novel, Big Fish , is told as a series of legends and myths... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
He was born during the driest summer in forty years.
Table of Contents edit
Part I
The Day He Was Born
In Which He Speaks to Animals
The Year It Snowed in Alabama
His Great Promise
My Father's Death: Take 1
The Girl in the River
His Quiet Charm
How He Tamed the Giant
In Which He Goes Fishing
The Day He Left Ashland
Entering a New World
Part II
The Old Lady and the Eye
My Father's Death: Take 2
His First Great Love
His Legendary Legs
In Which He Makes His Move
The Fight
On Meeting the In-Laws
His Three Labors
He Goes to War
My Father's Death: Take 3
The Day I Was Born
How He Saw Me
How He Saved My Life
His Immortality
His Greatest Power
In Which He Has a Dream
Part III
In Which He Buys a Town, and More
How It Ends
My Father's Death: Take 4
Big Fish
Authors & Contributors edit
- Daniel Wallace (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Algonquin
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 1565122178
Page Count: 180
Publisher: Algonquin
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 1565122178
Page Count: 180
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
Popular Tags
See all 50 tags
Movie Connections edit
We’re hiding the errata, books that influenced this book, books influenced by this book, books that cite this book and books cited by this book sections. If you would like to add content to them, you must first make them visible.
