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«Cuando me apetece ser director de cine, escribo una novela», John Irving, autor de Una mujer difícilEn 1986, tras acabar de escribir Príncipes de Maine, reyes de Nueva Inglaterra (Andanzas 29 y Fábula 43), John Irving comenzaba la redacción del guión para adaptarla al cine. Trece años de trabajo, innumerables modificaciones y cuatro directores sucesivos separan aquellos primeros tanteos de la película protagonizada por Michael Caine que termi...

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Excerpt from From Within: Lyrical SketchesThe Old Daguerreotype, F. T. Godfrey, 28 Blanche and Isabel, P. T. Godfrey, 32 Broiled Lobster, F. T. Godfrey, 37.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the or...

Excerpt from The Attorney, or the Correspondence of John Quod Thus much, as a friend of Mr. Quod, I felt called upon to say, and having discharged this duty, I can do nothing more to protect him from the risk which he has chosen to run, in trusting his work to so fickle a thing as 'public favor.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a...

Excerpt from The Van Gelder Papers: And Other Sketches Many years ago a friend of mine, Mr. John Quod, prepared to write a history of Long Island. He was a man of thorough research, and did not confine his investigations to books alone. He examined the whole country from Coney Island to Montauk Point, and in particular, visited the spots therein rendered classic by the deeds of departed worthies. The information thus derived he committed to ...

Excerpt from Indian Sketches, Vol. 1 of 2: Taken During an Expedition to the Pawnee Tribes F on several years past the government of the United States, as is well known. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the wor...

Excerpt from Indian Sketches: Taken During an U. S. Expedition to Make Treaties With the Pawnee and Other Tribes of Indians in 1833 These Indian sketches were written more than fifty years ago. The writer had just returned from a lengthened sojourn in that portion of our country, which was then a region of romance and mystery, inhabited by a hospitable but warlike people. The great plains were teeming with game and gorgeous with flowers. A...

Juan Diego is een veertienjarige jongen die in Mexico in armoede opgroeit. Zijn dertienjarige zus Lupe kan de gedachten van sommige mensen lezen, en denkt te weten wat de toekomst brengt. Over het verleden heeft ze meestal gelijk: ze kent de ergste dingen die je zijn overkomen zonder dat je er iets over hebt gezegd. Ze heeft minder vaak gelijk over wat er in de toekomst zal plaatsvinden, maar het is een grote last wanneer je ervan overtuigd b...

De wees Homer Wells wordt opgevoed door de dokter van een weeshuis omdat hij maar niet kan aarden in adoptiegezinnen. 'Vader' en 'zoon' raken na verloop van tijd in conflict met elkaar en Homer trekt de wijde wereld in, een wereld vol verrassingen en openbaringen. Wanneer hij voor een allesbepalende keuze komt te staan, beseft hij dat hij niet kan ontsnappen aan zijn verleden. Voor het script van de film The Cider House Rules won John Irving ...

Bidden wij voor Owen Meany beschrijft de bijzondere en noodlottige vriendschap tussen twee opgroeiende jongens in New Hampshire. Met een ongelukkig geslagen honkbal doodt Owen Meany de moeder van zijn beste vriend. Wat Owen na dit ongeluk ervaart is ongelooflijk en beangstigend. Met grote nauwkeurigheid weet hij hoe de rest van zijn leven zal verlopen en welk onafwendbaar lot hij tegemoet gaat.

De wereld volgens Garp is een zeldzaam komische, originele maar ook schokkende roman die John Irving in één klap beroemd maakte. Sinds de verschijning in 1978 hebben miljoenen lezers genoten van de excentrieke, non-conformistische Jenny, haar zoon T.S. Garp en de fanatici, onschuldige kinderen, transseksuelen, hoeren, worstelaars en de vele andere figuren die de wereld van Garp bevolken. De wereld volgens Garp is een klassieker, een meesterlij...

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Excerpt from Harry Harson: Or, the Benevolent Bachelor The date of the following tale is fixed many years back, and since then great and important changes have been made in the law of this State. Imprisonment for debt has been abolished, and many forms and proceedings which arc alluded to in these pages have been swept away by statutory enactment. The whole body of law and practice has been simplified and remodelled, but whether it has been ...

Excerpt from Indian Sketches, Vol. 2 of 2: Taken During an Expedition to the Pawnee and Other Tribes of American Indians Elk Chase. Wandering from Party. - Herd of Elk. Night Camp. - Hill of Bones. Racoon. Indian. Return to Party. Wild Horse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotte...

Excerpt from Local Events and Incidents at Home It is quite interesting to contemplate the vast increase of Steam Boats on our waters within a few years, and to see their effect upon the transportation of the good people who reside in proximity to the different points at which the said Steamers touch in their different trips, throughout the day. We are now more particularly alluding to the Ferry Boats that ply between Charles ton, Mount Pleas...

His most political novel since "The Cider House Rules" and "A Prayer for Owen Meany, " Irving's latest work is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself "worthwhile.