Setting Free the Bears

Zusatztext Truly remarkable . . . encompasses the longings and agonies of youth . . . a complex and moving novel. Time Astonishing . . . a writer of uncommon imaginative power. Whatever [John Irving] writes! it will be worth reading. Saturday Review Imagine a mixture of Till Eulenspiegel and Ken Kesey . . . and you've got the range of the merry pranksters who hot rod through Mr. Irving's book . . . tossing flowers! stealing salt shakers! and planning the bigest caper of their young lives. The New York Times Informationen zum Autor John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three timeswinning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp . In 1992, Mr. Irving 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. Klappentext It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo! as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences! in this first novel written by a twenty-five year old John Irving! already a master storyteller. "From the Paperback edition. Zusammenfassung Truly remarkable . . . encompasses the longings and agonies of youth . . . a complex and moving novel. Time Astonishing . . . a writer of uncommon imaginative power. Whatever [John Irving] writes! it will be worth reading. Saturday Review It is 1967. Two Viennese university students! Siggy and Hannes! roam the Austrian countryside on their motorcycleson a quest: to liberate the bears of the Vienna Zoo. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences in this first novel from John Irving! already a master storyteller at twenty-five years old. Imagine a mixture of Till Eulenspiegel and Ken Kesey . . . and you've got the range of the merry pranksters who hot rod through Mr. Irving's book . . . tossing flowers! stealing salt shakers! and planning the biggest caper of their young lives. The New York Times ...

Autorentext

John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. In 1992, Mr. Irving 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.

Klappentext

It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences, in this first novel written by a twenty-five year old John Irving, already a master storyteller. "From the Paperback edition.