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John Irving har skrevet flere romaner, der siden er blevet filmatiserede blandt andet "Verden ifølge Garp", "Hotel New Hampshire" og "Æblemostreglementet". I erindringsbogen "Min filmaffære" fortæller han om tilbli
"Vandmetoden" er forfatter John Irvings anden romanudgivelse og er bygget op som en samling af hovedpersonen Fred Trumpers tilbageblik på forskellige fiaskoer i hans liv. Fortællingens præmis er Freds ønske om at forandre sig til det bedre. Titl
ÆBLEMOSTREGLEMENTET er historien om dr. Wilbur Larch, grundlægger og leder af et kombineret fødselshospital og børnehjem, der i begyndelsen af 1900-tallet hjælper unge kvinder, der er "kommet i vanskeligheder". Men det er især historien om Homer
Owen Meany er navnet på en lille dreng fra provinsbyen Gravesend i New Hampshire. Han er i besiddelse af en skarp intelligens, stor autoritet og en bemærkelsesværdig skinger stemme. I en baseballkamp slår han som 11-årig en skæv bold, der rammer og dræber
VERDEN IFØLGE GARP er en grotesk, ironisk og vildtvoksende roman fuld af gru og sort humor. Den handler det, vi alle har til fælles... livet! Vi følger hovedpersonen Garp fra hans højest besynderlige undfangelse til hans voldsomme død treogtredive år sene
Denne store familieroman udspiller sig i starten af 2. Verdenskrig frem til engang i 1980erne, og rammen er familien Berrys tre forskellige hoteller, som de driver med ildhu og originalitet. Det første ligger i en en nedlagt pigeskole i en lille amerikans
'A work of genius' Independent 'Marvellously funny . . . What better entertainment is there than a serious book which makes you laugh?' Spectator 'If you care about something you have to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a
A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers. 'A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and heartbreaking...terrific' WASHINGTON POST Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author. A worldwide bestse
Scenen er Indien. Personerne er mange og farverige og frem for alt vidunderligt Irving'ske: en rodløs læge med hjertet på rette sted, en taxakørende dværg, en falsk og en ægte politimand, en hippiepige fra Iowa, en fjerderangs Hollywood-skuespillerind
Scenen er Indien. Personerne er mange og farverige og frem for alt vidunderligt Irving'ske: en rodløs læge med hjertet på rette sted, en taxakørende dværg, en falsk og en ægte politimand, en hippiepige fra Iowa, en fjerderangs Hollywood-skuespillerind
Sidste nat i Twisted River starter i 1954 i spisehuset i en savværks- og skovhuggerby i den nordlige del af staten New Hampshire, hvor den ængstelige 12-årige dreng Danny forveksler den lokale undersherifs kæreste med en bjørn - med katastrofale konsekven
Ruth Cole har aldrig kendt sine to brødre, der omkom i en tragisk ulykke. Som lille pige opdigter hun historier om dem, og på den måde bliver fundamentet for hendes fremtidige forfatterkarriere lagt. Vi møder Ruth tre gange. Første gang i 1958, da hun er
'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 ecce
John Irving, one of the worlds greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Sla
John Irving, one of the world's greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and
In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, pursued by the constable. Th
'The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud's so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer's intention to make St Cloud's his home.' Homer Wells' o
Fred 'Bogus' Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness. He also happens to have a complaint more serious than Portnoy's. Yet he stubbornly clings to the notion that he'll make something of h
From a novelist known for the complexity of his novels - they are also long - comes an autobiography of compelling simplicity; it is also short. Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is a lucid p
Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns - his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents. When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to several North Sea ports in search
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award-winning The Cider House Rules , revisiting the orphanage in St. Clouds, Maine, where Dr Wilbur Larch takes in Esther, a Viennese-born Jew whose life is
'The doctor was fated to go back to Bombay; he would keep returning again and again - if not forever, at least for as long as there were dwarves in the circus.' Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Da
Juan Diegos little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. And sometimes she knows more. What a terrible burden it is to know or to think you know your futur
"A remarkable novel. . . . A Prayer for Owen Meany is a rare creation in the somehow exhausted world of late twentieth-century fiction--it is an amazingly brave piece of work . . . so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. . . . Readers will c
"His most daringly political, sexually transgressive, and moving novel in well over a decade" ( Vanity Fair ). Winner of a 2013 Lambda Literary Award A New York Times bestselling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a
"A remarkable novel. . . . A Prayer for Owen Meany is a rare creation in the somehow exhausted world of late twentieth-century fiction--it is an amazingly brave piece of work . . . so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. . . . Readers will c
It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences, in this first novel written by a twenty-five year old John Irving, alread
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award-winning The Cider House Rules , revisiting the orphanage in St. Clouds, Maine, where Dr Wilbur Larch takes in Esther, a Viennese-born Jew whose life is
John Irving's fifteenth novel is "powerfully cinematic" ( The Washington Post ) and "eminently readable" ( The Boston Globe ). The Last Chairlift is part ghost story, part love story, spanning eight decades of sexual politics. In A
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award-winning film, The Cider House Rules , revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud's, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther--a Viennese-born Jew wh
A deluxe collector's edition of John Irving's beloved A Prayer for Owen Meany --a coming-of-age tale that ranks among the most cherished American classics, including To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye . In the summer of 1953, two eleven-
VERDEN IFØLGE GARP er en grotesk, ironisk og vildtvoksende roman fuld af gru og sort humor. Den handler det, vi alle har til fælles... livet! Vi følger hovedpersonen Garp fra hans højest besynderlige undfangelse til hans voldsomme død treogtredive år sene
Den ældre forfatter Juan Diego er på vej til Filippinerne, og sammen med ham rejser hans drømme og minder om barndommen og hans tidlige ungdom i Mexico. 14-årige Juan har en 13-årig søster, som hedder Lupe, og hun tror, at hun kan forudse deres fremtid. O
Denne store familieroman udspiller sig i starten af 2. Verdenskrig frem til engang i 1980erne, og rammen er familien Berrys tre forskellige hoteller, som de driver med ildhu og originalitet. Det første ligger i en en nedlagt pigeskole i en lille amerikans
ÆBLEMOSTREGLEMENTET er historien om dr. Wilbur Larch, grundlægger og leder af et kombineret fødselshospital og børnehjem, der i begyndelsen af 1900-tallet hjælper unge kvinder, der er "kommet i vanskeligheder". Men det er især historien om Homer
Owen Meany er navnet på en lille dreng fra provinsbyen Gravesend i New Hampshire. Han er i besiddelse af en skarp intelligens, stor autoritet og en bemærkelsesværdig skinger stemme. I en baseballkamp slår han som 11-årig en skæv bold, der rammer og dræber
John Irving, one of the world's greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years--a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill an
Scenen er Indien. Personerne er mange og farverige og frem for alt vidunderligt Irving'ske: en rodløs læge med hjertet på rette sted, en taxakørende dværg, en falsk og en ægte politimand, en hippiepige fra Iowa, en fjerderangs Hollywood-skuespillerind