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 …

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.

Poslední noc na klikaté řece román amerického spisovatele Johna Irvinga, vydaný v roce 2009 v USA. Z anglického originálu Last Night in Twisted River do češtiny přeložili Libuše a Luboš Trávničkovi.

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 …

Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla is a 59-year-old orthopedic surgeon and a Canadian citizen who lives in Toronto. Periodically, the doctor returns to Bombay, where most of his patients are crippled children. Once, 20 years ago, Dr. Daruwalla was the …

'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 …

Čtvrtá ruka je román amerického spisovatele Johna Irvinga, vydaný v roce 2001 v USA. Z anglického originálu ho do češtiny přeložil Ivan Ryčovský. Celý děj se točí okolo amerického zpravodaje, kterému se stane v Indii vážná nehoda. V přímém přenodu mu lev ukousne levou ruku. S nadějí čeká, že mu bude umožněna …

Hotel New Hampshire je román amerického spisovatele Johna Irvinga, vydaný v roce 1981 v USA. Autor jej věnoval své první manželce Shyle. Celkově pátý vydaný román Johna Irvinga je nekonvenční rodinnou ságou Berryů, v níž otec rodiny Win Berry touží vést dobrý hotel. Román vznikl přepracovaním a rozšířením povídky …

Rok vdovou je román amerického spisovatele Johna Irvinga vydaný v roce 1998 v USA. Z anglického originálu Widow for one year do češtiny přeložila Milada Nováková.

First published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is John Irving's sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch - saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. …