John Irving

Setting Free the Bears is the first novel by American author John Irving, published in 1968 by Random House. Irving studied at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna in 1963 and Bears was written between 1965 and 1967 based largely on Irving's understanding of the city and its rebellious youth of the 1960s. The …

"Siidrimaja reeglid" on ameerika kirjaniku John Irvingu romaan, mis ilmus 1985. aastal. Eesti keeles ilmus romaan 2006. aastal Urve Hanko tõlkes.

"Siidrimaja reeglid" on ameerika kirjaniku John Irvingu romaan, mis ilmus 1985. aastal. Eesti keeles ilmus romaan 2006. aastal Urve Hanko tõlkes.

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 first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels."So says John Berry, son of a hapless dreamer, brother to a cadre of eccentric siblings, and chronicler of the lives lived, the loves experienced, the …

“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 …