Bøger af John Irving

For many women, a cloak of invisibility seems to wrap us in thicker and thicker layers of obscurity as we move into old age. "You Can Tell a Crone by Her Cackle" protests that erasure, reclaiming the exciting, intensely alive time of life a woman experiences as she enters her fifth decade and begins to consider what comes next. It is a rich period full of paradox - needs of elderly parents, dramas of adult children, contrast with the exquisite freedom to be oneself. "You Can Tell a Crone by Her Cackle" celebrates the many nuances in the lives of 'women of a certain age.' Buy this book for your mom, your aunt, your sister, yourself, but also for your dad, brother, husband, son, who are rarely privy to how women experience later life, and even less, what they think about it all.

John Irving har skrevet flere romaner, der siden er blevet filmatiserede – blandt andet "Verden ifølge Garp", "Hotel New Hampshire" og "Æblemostreglementet". I erindringsbogen "Min filmaffære" fortæller han om tilblivelsen af især "Æblemostreglementet" og om forskellen på at skrive en roman og et filmmanuskript.John Irving er født i Exeter, New Hampshire, i 1942. Han debuterede med romanen "Slip bjørnene fri" i 1968 og brød igennem ti år senere med "Verden ifølge Garp", der blev en stor international succes. Flere af John Irvings romaner er filmatiserede.

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"John Irving, one of the world's greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years--a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren't the first or the last ghosts he sees. John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time--among them, The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In The Last Chairlift, readers will once more be in his thrall."

I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice?not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest personI ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother'sdeath, but because he is the reason I believe in God;I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys?best friends?are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend,New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills theother boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe inaccidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. Whathappens to Owen, after that 1953 foul ball, is extraordinary.

This book is a detailed and profusely illustrated guide to navigating small yachts, with information on reading tides and tidal streams, navigating at night, correcting bearings, and many other related aspects. ¿The Navigation of Small Yachts¿ has been carefully selected for a modern readership, and will be of considerable utility to novice yachtsmen. Contents include: ¿Position, Direction and Distance¿, ¿The Chart¿, ¿Elementary Chart Work¿, ¿Selecting the Safe Track to Follow¿, ¿The Magnetic Compass¿, ¿Variation, Deviation, and the Correction of Courses and Bearings¿, ¿Leeway and Current¿, ¿The Compass Course to Steer¿, ¿Distance and Speed¿, ¿Windward Work¿, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing.

John Irving har skrevet flere romaner, der siden er blevet filmatiserede – blandt andet "Verden ifølge Garp", "Hotel New Hampshire" og "Æblemostreglementet". I erindringsbogen "Min filmaffære" fortæller han om tilblivelsen af især "Æblemostreglementet" og om forskellen på at skrive en roman og et filmmanuskript.John Irving er født i Exeter, New Hampshire, i 1942. Han debuterede med romanen "Slip bjørnene fri" i 1968 og brød igennem ti år senere med "Verden ifølge Garp", der blev en stor international succes. Flere af John Irvings romaner er filmatiserede.

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 Countyto Boston, to southern Vermont, to Torontopursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River depicts the recent half-century in the United States as ';a living replica of Coos County, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course.' What further distinguishesLast Night in Twisted Riveris the author's unmistakable voicethe inimitable voice of an accomplished storyteller.

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. When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to several North Sea ports in search of his father, William Burns. From Copenhagen to Amsterdam, William, a brilliant church organist and profligate womanizer, is always a step ahead - has always just departed in a wave of scandal, with a new tattoo somewhere on his body from a local master or "scratcher.”Alice and Jack abandon their quest, and Jack is educated at schools in Canada and New England - including, tellingly, a girls' school in Toronto. His real education consists of his relationships with older women - from Emma Oastler, who initiates him into erotic life, to the girls of St. Hilda's, with whom he first appears on stage, to the abusive Mrs. Machado, whom he first meets when sent to learn wrestling at a local gym. Too much happens in this expansive, eventful novel to possibly summarize it all. Emma and Jack move to Los Angeles, where Emma becomes a successful novelist and Jack a promising actor. A host of eccentric minor characters memorably come and go, including Jack's hilariously confused teacher the Wurtz; Michelle Maher, the girlfriend he will never forget; and a precocious child Jack finds in the back of an Audi in a restaurant parking lot. We learn about tattoo addiction and movie cross-dressing, "sleeping in the needles” and the cure for cauliflower ears. And John Irving renders his protagonist's unusual rise through Hollywood with the same vivid detail and range of emotions he gives to the organ music Jack hears as a child in European churches. This is an absorbing and moving book about obsession and loss, truth and storytelling, the signs we carry on us and inside us, the traces we can't get rid of. Jack has always lived in the shadow of his absent father. But as he grows older - and when his mother dies - he starts to doubt the portrait of his father's character she painted for him when he was a child. This is the cue for a second journey around Europe in search of his father, from Edinburgh to Switzerland, towards a conclusion of great emotional force.A melancholy tale of deception, Until I Find You is also a swaggering comic novel, a giant tapestry of life's hopes. It is a masterpiece to compare with John Irving's great novels, and restates the author's claim to be considered the most glorious, comic, moving novelist at work today.

Owen Meany er navnet på en lille dreng fra provinsbyen Gravesend i New Hampshire. Han er i besiddelse af en skarp intelligens, stor autoritet og en bemærkelsesværdig skinger stemme. I en baseballkamp slår han som 11-årig en skæv bold, der rammer og dræber hans bedste vens mor. Men Owen Meany tror ikke på tilfældigheder, han mener, at han nu er Guds redskab. John Weelright er Owens bedste ven, og det er ham, der fortæller historien om de to drenges hjertegribende og groteske opvækst."Man ler, så tårerne triller ... vittigt, smukt og inderligt skrevet." – Jyllands PostenJohn Irving er født i Exeter, New Hampshire, i 1942. Han debuterede med romanen "Slip bjørnene fri" i 1968 og brød igennem ti år senere med "Verden ifølge Garp", der blev en stor international succes. Flere af John Irvings romaner er filmatiserede.

Scenen er Indien. Personerne er mange og farverige og frem for alt vidunderligt Irving'ske: en rodløs læge med hjertet på rette sted, en taxakørende dværg, en falsk og en ægte politimand, en hippiepige fra Iowa, en fjerderangs Hollywood-skuespillerinde, adskilte tvillinger og en transseksuel morder(ske) ..."... ægte humoristisk ... I en elegant styret komposition, med en rigdom af detaljer og et hjerteligt blik for den menneskelige selvhøjtideligheds grinagtigske udslag guider han os endnu engang igennem det universelle cirkus ..."– Politiken"Hele det magiske apparat mobiliseres i John Irvings seneste mursten ... Barn af et cirkus er i klasse med forfatterskabets tre hovedværker: Verden ifølge Garp, Æblemostreglementet og En bøn for Owen Meany."– Weekendavisen"Fortælleteknisk er romanen et forrygende cirkusnummer i sig selv ... af Irvings klare, utrættelige prosa opstår et farverigt og stærkt lugtende sted med kærlighed, vold, ømhed, særpræget og ligefrem sex ... Det er et både spændende, tankevækkende, rørende og fascinerende frastødende sted at lade fantasien vandre en romans tid."– Kristeligt Dagblad"... en velskrevet vidtløftig, broget og attraktiv roman."– Jyllands-PostenJohn Irving er født i Exeter, New Hampshire, i 1942. Han debuterede med romanen Slip bjørnene fri i 1968, og siden er det blevet til tolv romaner. John Irving bor i Vermont og Toronto med sin familie.

Foråret 1967. Siggy og Hannes, som deler to store lidenskaber - motorcykler og kvinder - strejfer rundt på en gammel motorcykel på Østrigs landeveje. De møder Gallen, en smuk, kvindelig blaffer, som de gerne vil have med sig på turen. Men en angrebslysten bisværm, en streng tante og Siggys medfølelse for mælkemandens plagede hest sætter en midlertidig stopper for deres videre tur. Siggy flygter om natten for at sætte kursen mod Wiens zoologiske have og sin store drøm: At slippe dyrene fri."Slip bjørnene fri" er John Irvings debutroman fra 1968.John Irving er født i Exeter, New Hampshire, i 1942. Han debuterede med romanen Slip bjørnene fri i 1968, og siden er det blevet til tolv romaner. John Irving bor i Vermont og Toronto med sin familie.

Året er 1955, og Billy Abbot er 13 år gammel og går på drengeskolen First Sister i Vermont, New England. Hans stedfar, Richard Abbott, der er lærer på skolen, står for de tilbagevendende opsætninger af Shakespeare-stykker, som bliver en stor inspiration for Billy og hans senere forfattervirke. Gennem 50 år skildres Billys liv og udvikling: skoletiden og amatørteatret, den spirende seksualitet og mødet med det andet – og det samme - køn, venskaberne og hans store fascination af litteratur.Efter skolen rejser Billy til Europa på en dannelsesrejse og bliver så betaget af den europæiske livsstil og kultur, at han begynder at studere i Wien. Man følger Billy, hans venner og elskere, både i Europa og USA, op gennem årtierne, hvoraf 1980’erne især bliver skelsættende: den store aids-epidemi, som gjorde det af med så mange, kommer til at sætte sit præg på Billys liv. ‘I én person’ er en stærk historie om begær, hemmeligheder og seksuel identitet og ikke mindst et gribende portræt af en biseksuel mands ensomme kamp for at blive den person, han mener, han bør være. "Fra bornerthedens tidsalder i efterkrigsårene over ungdomsoprørets moralnedbrud til aidsalderens nymoralisme. Fejende flot. - Politiken, 5 hjerter "Irving hylder forskelligheden med en fantastisk, varm og rå roman om seksualitet og begær - og om at blive sig selv som mand."- Litteratursiden John Irving er født i Exeter, New Hampshire, i 1942. Han debuterede med romanen Slip bjørnene fri i 1968, og siden er det blevet til tolv romaner. John Irving bor i Vermont og Toronto med sin familie.

VERDEN IFØLGE GARP er en grotesk, ironisk og vildtvoksende roman fuld af gru og sort humor. Den handler det, vi alle har til fælles... livet! Vi følger hovedpersonen Garp fra hans højest besynderlige undfangelse til hans voldsomme død treogtredive år senere. I sit korte liv kommer Garp ud for stort set alt det, et gennemsnitsmenneske kan risikere."En fabelagtig vital roman, humoristisk, bevægende, fuld af energi og smerte ... enhver læsers fryd at sluge." – Jyllands-Posten"Irving har kvaliteter, der kan sammenlignes med Joseph Hellers. Romanens højdepunkter er frydefulde og forfærdende." - PolitikenJohn Irving er født i Exeter, New Hampshire, i 1942. Han debuterede med romanen Slip bjørnene fri i 1968, og siden er det blevet til tolv romaner. John Irving bor i Vermont og Toronto med sin familie.

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. Larch aldrig fik bortadopteret, og som han har udset til sin efterfølger. Homer tvivler på, om det er det, han vil og flygter til en æblefarm i Maine, hvor han oplever den store kærlighed. I Maine konfronteres han også med "æblemostreglerne", de fattige æbleplukkeres uskrevne love, som trækker ham ind i et drama på liv og død."En af den slags mageløse romaner, der rummer hele verden i en bog og skænker læseren en oplevelse for livet."¿ Weekendavisen-

Denne store familieroman udspiller sig i starten af 2. Verdenskrig frem til engang i 1980erne, og rammen er familien Berrys tre forskellige hoteller, som de driver med ildhu og originalitet. Det første ligger i en en nedlagt pigeskole i en lille amerikansk provinsby, det andet ligger i Wien og det tredje ligger i New Hampshire i Maine. Dette sidste kommer til at fungere som et krisecenter for voldsramte kvinder, og her folder de meget forskellige familiemedlemmer deres noget bizarre talenter ud.John Irving er født i Exeter, New Hampshire, i 1942. Han debuterede med romanen Slip bjørnene fri i 1968, og siden er det blevet til tolv romaner. John Irving bor i Vermont og Toronto med sin familie.

Scenen er Indien. Personerne er mange og farverige og frem for alt vidunderligt Irving'ske: en rodløs læge med hjertet på rette sted, en taxakørende dværg, en falsk og en ægte politimand, en hippiepige fra Iowa, en fjerderangs Hollywood-skuespillerinde, adskilte tvillinger og en transseksuel morder(ske) ...John Irving er født i Exeter, New Hampshire, i 1942. Han debuterede med romanen Slip bjørnene fri i 1968, og siden er det blevet til tolv romaner. John Irving bor i Vermont og Toronto med sin familie.

Legend would have it that Mussolini put roofs over Italians' heads, developed the economy, had trains running on time, stood up for justice and against the mafia, protected the Jews from Nazi Germany, was a feminist, and put Italy on the map as a respected power. The founder of fascism's only mistake was allying with Hitler. Though this is entirely false, it didn't prevent Antonio Tahani, president of the European Union, from declaring in 2019 that "e;if we must be honest, he [Mussolini] did positive things to realize infrastructures ... he reclaimed many parts of our Italy."e; In fact, only 6 percent of the improvements referred to were done during the 21 years of fascist rule. Surgically, but with wit, Francesco Filippi demolishes each and every myth that has taken root about Mussolini and fascism in an uplifting handbook for political and intellectual self-defense. No stones are left unturned, including the colonial devastation of Libya and Ethiopia. Though written first for Italians, it is relevant and timely for North Americans. Through a study of Mussolini and Italy, Filippi shows how such legends are built on webs of lie, manipulation of History, and constant uncontested repetition, explaining at the same time why so many people fall victim to the propaganda.

John Irving har skrevet flere romaner, der siden er blevet filmatiserede – blandt andet "Verden ifølge Garp", "Hotel New Hampshire" og "Æblemostreglementet". I erindringsbogen "Min filmaffære" fortæller han om tilblivelsen af især "Æblemostreglementet" og om forskellen på at skrive en roman og et filmmanuskript.John Irving er født i Exeter, New Hampshire, i 1942. Han debuterede med romanen "Slip bjørnene fri" i 1968 og brød igennem ti år senere med "Verden ifølge Garp", der blev en stor international succes. Flere af John Irvings romaner er filmatiserede.

A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love - tormented, funny, and affecting - and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences.

In this study, John Irving brings together the various strands of scholarship surrounding Mozart's concertos. He treats the concertos as a repertoire, rather than as individual works and offers supporting documentation from the period.

Mozart's piano sonatas are among the most familiar of his works and stand alongside those of Haydn and Beethoven as staples of the pianist's repertoire. This study looks at a selection of contextual situations for Mozart's sonatas, focusing on the variety of ways in which they assume identities and achieve meanings.

As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret - Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. What a terrible burden it is to know - or to think you know - your future, or worse, the future of someone you love.