John Irving

Broschiertes Buch

Until I Find You

Beschreibung

'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.

Autor

John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times - winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for the short story 'Interior Space'. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules - a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent novel is Last Night in Twisted River.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Black Swan / Random House UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 657400
• Seitenzahl: 960
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 128mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780552773126
• ISBN-10: 0552773123
• Artikelnr.: 21814577

Rezensionen

John Irving has been compared to Kurt Vonnegut and J.D. Salinger, but is arguably more inventive than either. Wry, laconic, he sketches his characters with an economy that springs from a feeling for words and a mastery of his craft The Times