Setting Free the Bears - (Ballantine Reader's Circle) 2nd Edition by John Irving (Paperback)
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Highlights
- "Truly remarkable . . . encompasses the longings and agonies of youth . . . a complex and moving novel.
- About the Author: John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times--winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp.
- 304 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
- Series Name: Ballantine Reader's Circle
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Book Synopsis
"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 motorcycles--on 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
Review Quotes
"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
About the Author
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.Dimensions (Overall): 8.26 Inches (H) x 5.54 Inches (W) x .78 Inches (D)
Weight: .55 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Ballantine Reader's Circle
Sub-Genre: Literary
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 304
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: John Irving
Language: English
Street Date: June 23, 1997
TCIN: 93506511
UPC: 9780345417985
Item Number (DPCI): 247-03-8450
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.78 inches length x 5.54 inches width x 8.26 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.55 pounds
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