To read John Irving is to surround yourself in his world and enjoy his amazing story telling ability. There are a number of themes throughout his books; his interest in wrestling, his love of the underdog, his battle to glorify small suppressed individuals in society, and help them gain recognition ...
Book #4 in my John Irving Challenge, and the best one yet.The idea that men and women are equal seems to me a basic truth. What sets us apart, medically, is our reproductive organs. Yes, you can have gender reassignment surgery, but a person born a man cannot carry a child conceived using one of tha...
I had just finished reading A Confederacy of Dunces and I was looking for another classic to read, but my to-read list is longer than my lifespan. I needed help narrowing down my options, so I asked a librarian friend for recommendations because I knew he had read a lot of classics. This was one of...
Irving writes LONG books but fantastic LONG books. Spending the time to glide through the pages is worth every word. What is the book about? Really?!? Do I need to go into this? Read the blurb. Just know that the book is excellent and everyone should read it. How clever is "The Under Toad"? The ...
Irving writes LONG books but fantastic LONG books. Spending the time to glide through the pages is worth every word. What is the book about? Really?!? Do I need to go into this? Read the blurb. Just know that the book is excellent and everyone should read it. How clever is "The Under Toad"? The cut...
This is still my favourite Irving novel. I remember staying up very late one night to finish it because it was that good and intense. I know I laughed so hard (even if it was anything but funny really) at the parking incident. I don't know how it would measure up to the memories if I read it again n...
Wow. Der Anfang so gut, und dann wird die Milch sauer und ungenießbar. So jedenfalls mein Empfinden mit jedem weiteren Kapitel, bis meine Antipathie für ziemlich jeden Charakter im Buch, Garp voran, die Lust am Lesen komplett unter sich begraben hat. So heftig hatte ich das schon lange nicht mehr o_...
Wow. Der Anfang so gut, und dann wird die Milch sauer und ungenießbar. So jedenfalls mein Empfinden mit jedem weiteren Kapitel, bis meine Antipathie für ziemlich jeden Charakter im Buch, Garp voran, die Lust am Lesen komplett unter sich begraben hat. So heftig hatte ich das schon lange nicht mehr o_...
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