John Irving

A special 40th anniversary edition of the bestselling coming-of-age classic novel by John Irving, with a new introduction by the author. "He is more than popular. He is a Populist, determined to keep alive the Dickensian tradition that revels in colorful set pieces...and teaches moral...

Lors d'un voyage aux Philippines, Juan Diego Guerrero, écrivain américain célèbre et vieillissant, revit en rêves récurrents les épisodes...

Of all of John Irving's books, this is the one that lends itself best to audio. In print, Owen Meany's dialogue is set in capital letters; for this production, Irving himself selected Joe Barrett to deliver Meany's difficult voice as intended.....

While reporting a story from India, New York journalist Patrick Wallingford inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten by a lion....

John Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory....

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....

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....

Juan Diego und seine stumme Schwester Lupe sind Müllkippenkinder in Mexiko. Ihre einzige Überlebenschance...

Literarischer Hörgenuss auf höchstem Niveau. Homer ist anders als die Kinder im Saint-Cloud's Waisenhaus...

Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's candid memoir of his twin careers in writing and wrestling....

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 whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism...

Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character — a "difficult" woman. By no means is she conventionally "nice", but she will never be forgotten....

The New York Times bestselling saga of a most unusual family from the award-winning author of The World According to Garp. “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...

In One Person is a poignant tribute to Billy’s friends and lovers—a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself "worthwhile."

Once, 20 years ago, Dr. Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa, India. Now, 20 years later, he will be reacquainted with the murderer.....

In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County–to Boston, to southern...

Dies ist die Geschichte von T. S. Garp, 1944 unehelich geborener Sohn von Jenny Fields - einer Feministin und ihrer Zeit weit voraus....

Jimmy Winslow hat zwei Mütter. Honor, die ihn aufgezogen hat, schickt ihn als Studenten von New Hampshire nach Wien, wo er Vater werden soll. Das Wien der Sechzigerjahre ist ein Ort voller Geheimnisse und Versuchungen, und Jimmy springt kopfüber hinein.

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.

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 Wells, det barn dr.