The book is an original author’s collection featuring 22 short stories by Ray Bradbury. “When everything is lost, hope remains,” says the hero of one of the author’s stories.
In “A Cure for Melancholy,” those who feel sad in their souls need it: they want pleasant changes, and they hate the taste of loneliness. In that case—welcome to the pages of this author’s collection by the famous writer. A guaranteed cure for gloom and boredom—this book will make you find rays of sunshine even in a heap of trash. Because no matter how strong a person may be like Atlas, or weak like a one-day butterfly, hope never truly leaves them. There is hope—so there is also a persistent urge to live, to work, to believe.
Contents
01. A Fine Day
02. The Dragon
03. A Cure for Melancholy
04. The End of the Beginning
05. The Wonderful Costume of a Cream-Ice-Cream Color
06. Feverish Delirium
07. The Peacemaker
08. The City Where Nobody Goes Out
09. The Scent of Sarsaparilla
10. Icarus of Mongolfier Wright
11. The Helmet
12. They Were Swarthy and Golden-Eyed
13. A Smile
14. The First Night of Lent
15. It’s Time to Go
16. All Summer in One Day
17. A Gift
18. A Terrible Accident on Monday of That Week
19. Little Mice
20. The Shore at Sunset
21. A Strawberry Window
22. It’s Time for the Rain