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Verführerisch bunt, magisch und spannend! Juan Diego und seine stumme Schwester Lupe sind Müllkippenkinder in Mexiko. Ihre einzige Überlebenschance: der Glaube an die eigenen Wunderkräfte. Denn Juan Diego kann fliegen und Geschichten erfinden, Lupe sogar die Zukunft voraussagen, insbesondere die ihres Bruders. Um ihn …

John Irving's third and perhaps darkest novel, The 158-Pound Marriage examines the sexual revolution-era trend of "swinging" via a glimpse into the lives of two couples in a small New England college town who enter casually into such an affair, with disastrous consequences.

The Fourth Hand is a 2001 novel written by American novelist John Irving. It is his 10th published novel.

“The Imaginary Girlfriend is a miniature autobiography detailing Irving’s parallel careers of writing and wrestling. . . . Tales of encounters with writers (John Cheever, Nelson Algren, Kurt Vonnegut) are intertwined with those about his wrestling teammates and coaches. With humor and compassion, [Irving] details the …

Here is a treat for John Irving addicts and a perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. To open this spirited collection, Irving explains how he became a writer. There follow six scintillating stories written over the last twenty years ending with a homage to Charles Dickens. This irresistible collection …

The Water Method Man is the second published novel by American novelist John Irving. A little-known fact about this novel is that Irving, for a time, considered making the "Old Low Norse" poem, "Akthelt and Gunnel", into his actual second novel. It was going to be called, Love Among the Greths. But after reading about …

העולם על פי גארפ הוא הרומן הרביעי של הסופר האמריקאי ג'ון אירווינג. הספר יצא לאור בשנת 1978 והיה רב-מכר במשך שנים, נחשב לאחד הספרים החשובים של המאה ה-20. תורגם לעברית בשנת 1983 על ידי דוד נגב ויצא לאור בהוצאת זמורה …

מלון ניו המפשייר הוא הרומן החמישי של הסופר האמריקאי ג'ון אירווינג. הספר יצא לאור בשנת 1981, והוא אחד מספריו המצליחים של אירווינג. הספר תורגם לעברית בשנת 1984 על ידי חיים גליקשטיין ויצא לאור בהוצאת זמורה …

'According to his mother, Jack Burns was an actor before he was an actor, but Jack's most vivid memories of childhood were those moments when he felt compelled to hold his mother's hand. He wasn't acting then.' Jack Burns' mother, Alice, is a tattoo artist in search of the boy's father, a virtuoso organist named …