John Irving

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 …

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 …

“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 Cider House Rules is a 1985 novel by John Irving. It is Irving's sixth published novel, and has been adapted into a film of the same name and a stage play by Peter Parnell.

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 …

Svět podle Garpa je román amerického spisovatele Johna Irvinga, který začínal svou tvorbu na sklonku 60. let. Po románech Svobodu medvědům, Pitná kůra a Stopadesátiosmilibrový sňatek zazářil bestsellerem Svět podle Garpa, který se dočkal ohlasu po celém světě a překladu do mnoha jazyků. Jde o groteskní románovou …

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 …

Verführerisch bunt, magisch und spannend! Juan Diego und seine stumme Schwester Lupe sind Müllkippenkinder in Mexiko. Ihre einzige Überlebenschance: der Glaube an die eigenen Wunderkräfte. Denn Juan Diego kann fliegen und Geschichten erfinden, Lupe sogar die Zukunft voraussagen, insbesondere die ihres Bruders. Um ihn …