约翰·艾文

《盖普眼中的世界》，约翰·艾文的第四本小说，于1978年出版，是作者相当受到欢迎的著作。同名电影由罗宾·威廉斯主演。

《心塵往事》是1985年的美國著名小說，由約翰·歐文所著，他不但是當代文學的作家，更被文壇譽為「美國最重要的幽默作家」。 《心塵往事》於1999年被拍成電影，奪得當年的奧斯卡金像獎最佳改編劇本獎 。

《心塵往事》是1985年的美國著名小說，由約翰·歐文所著，他不但是當代文學的作家，更被文壇譽為「美國最重要的幽默作家」。 《心塵往事》於1999年被拍成電影，奪得當年的奧斯卡金像獎最佳改編劇本獎 。

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 …

'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 …

Here is a treat for John Irving addicts and a perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. To open this spirited collection, Irving explains how he became a writer. There follow six scintillating stories written over the last twenty years ending with a homage to Charles Dickens. This irresistible collection …

“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 …

"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 Fourth Hand is a 2001 novel written by American novelist John Irving. It is his 10th published novel.