John Irving's novels are recognizable "in general" by their mighty page content and some might not feel comfortable with the committment needed to finish such a wordy novel, but that would be unfortunate. In essence "In one Person" is a study of attitude and tolerance (or not) towards our individu...
I have decided to move on from this one. There is just nothing in this story that keeps me interested, and that is a huge shame because the premise of the book - a coming of age story of a young guy who discovers he is not fitting in with the people around him because of his outlook on life and his ...
Synopsis: A New York Times bestselling 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. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character of In One Person, tells the tragico...
Can one person ever make us completely happy? William Abbott, the protagonist of In One Person by John Irving, has a type, but that's as far as he can commit. His problem is that no one else—especially not members of his family—can accept that he's attracted to both men and women. His family disappr...
”Look, here it is--I just have to say this,” young Kittredge said; he almost couldn’t look at me. “i don’t know you, I admit--I don’t have a clue who my father really was, either, But I’ve read all your books, and I know what you do--I mean, in your writing. You make all these sexual extremes seem n...
A new John Irving is always a reason to celebrate. This one is hard to categorise, but follows the familiar Irving structure - the life of its main character from early youth to middle age, and encompassing writing, wrestling and love. In this case, the hero is a bisexual writer from a rural backwat...
John Irving has been a unique force in contemporary fiction for decades; he can be a brave and bold voice for fairness and common sense. The complexity of his plots is often matched by the quirkiness of his characters. Sexual identity, with all it's twists and permutations, would seem like a perfect...
In One Person is the story of William "Bill" Abbott, through his sexual confusion as an adolescent in the fifties, continuing on through the AIDs epidemic and right through to the present. It doesn't have a plot, as such, but is the reminiscences of an old man.I don't really know how I feel about th...
Mooi boek van Irving. De wereld van transsexuelen, homo's en bi's. In het boek is hij een bi en schrijver over deze onderwerpen om ze aanvaardbaar te maken in de (amerikaanse) maatschappij.Het boek IN One Person is natuurlijk precies hetzelfde.En altijd met de typische Irving ingredienten: worstelen...
It hurts my heart to give a John Irving book 2 stars, because I really do love the way he writes, and usually his stories, unusual as they may be, still ’get me’ – but I cant say it did this time around.This is a book about…. Umm.. well, maybe that’s my problem, I don’t exactly know what Mr. Irving ...
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