John Irving

Adam blir unnfanget på det berømte Hotel Jerome i Aspen på 1940-tallet. Moren er en av USAs første kvinnelige slalåmkjørere, og faren er en skuespiller som Adam aldri får bli kjent med. Siden moren er mye bortreist, vokser Adam opp hos besteforeldrene, et solid par av den gamle sorten. Men resten av familien er et fargerikt galleri av tanter og onkler, kusiner og venner som alle setter sitt preg på Adam. Selv slutter han aldri å lete etter faren, noe som fører ham tilbake til Hotel Jerome og spøkelsene som henger igjen der. I klassisk Irving-stil inviterer Den siste stolheisen oss inn i et univers av varme, humor og originale skikkelser. Et univers der normer om kjønn og seksualitet stadig utfordres, og der kjærligheten alltid seirer til slutt.

Napakymppi Keltaisen kirjaston suosituimmalta kirjailijaltaHersyvää huumoria ja sydämeenkäyvää haikeutta limittävä romaani on rakkaustarina, kummitusjuttu ja kirjallinen nyrkinpuinti elämälle, jonka juoni polveilee miten lystää. Tutustu tästä lukunäytteeseen On joitakin asioita, joita voi muuttaa paremmaksi. Ja joitakin jotka eivät voi enää huonommaksi muuttua. Sen saa kokea kirjailija Adam Brewster matkattuaan Aspeniin etsimään vastauksia kysymyksiin, joita hänen alppihiihtäjä-äitinsä vältteli koko ikänsä. Eikä ihme: löytääkseen elämänsä punaisen langan Adamin on kohdattava joukko aaveita. Osa hauskoja, osa lohdullisia ja osa vain puoliksi kuolleita, mutta kaikki ne kertovat pohjimmiltaan samaa: John Irving painii edelleen amerikkalaisen nykykirjallisuuden raskaassa sarjassa." Kirja on pitkä. Mutta älä anna sen lannistaa. Iloitse, että tarjolla on niin paljon uutta Irvingiä! Kyse on kuitenkin John Irvingstä!" Good Morning AmericaAmerikkalainen John Irving (s. 1942) nousi maailmanmaineeseen vuonna 1980 julkaistulla teoksellaan Garpin maailma. Nykyajan Charles Dickensinä pidetty Irving kirjoittaa eeppisiä, mukaansatempaavia ja koskettavia romaaneja. Näihin kuuluvat muun muassa Kaikki isäni hotellit, Oman elämänsä sankari ja Ystäväni Owen Meany. Irving on saanut romaaneistaan ja muista teoksistaan lukuisia palkintoja, mm. O. Henry -palkinnon ja National Book Awardin sekä Oscar-palkinnon Oman elämänsä sankari -elokuvan käsikirjoituksesta. Viimeinen tuolihissi on hänen 20. romaaninsa.

John Irving's fifteenth novel is "powerfully cinematic" (The Washington Post) and "eminently readable" (The Boston Globe). The Last Chairlift is part ghost story, part love story, spanning eight decades of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, he will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren't the first or last ghosts he sees. John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time--among them, The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In the "generously intertextual" (The New York Times) The Last Chairlift, readers will once more be in his thrall.

One of the worldâ??s greatest novelists returns with his first novel in seven years â?? a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics.

Adam blir unnfanget på det berømte Hotel Jerome i Aspen på 1940-tallet. Moren er en av USAs første kvinnelige slalåmkjørere, og faren er en skuespiller som Adam aldri får bli kjent med. Siden moren er mye bortreist, vokser Adam opp hos besteforeldrene, et solid par av den gamle sorten. Men resten av familien er et fargerikt galleri av tanter og onkler, kusiner og venner som alle setter sitt preg på Adam. Selv slutter han aldri å lete etter faren, noe som fører ham tilbake til Hotel Jerome og spøkelsene som henger igjen der. I klassisk Irving-stil inviterer Den siste stolheisen oss inn i et univers av varme, humor og originale skikkelser. Et univers der normer om kjønn og seksualitet stadig utfordres, og der kjærligheten alltid seirer til slutt.

Tragikomicheskaja saga ot znamenitogo avtora "Mira glazami Garpa" i "Otelja "Nju-Gempshir", "Pravil vinodelov" i "Muzhchin ne ee zhizni", "Poslednej nochi u Izvilistoj reki" i "Syna tsirka", panoramnyj burlesk, skhodnyj po razmakhu s "Bojnej nomer pjat" Kurta Vonneguta ili "Ulovkoj-22" Dzhozefa Khellera. "Pokuda ja tebja ne obretu" - samaja avtobiograficheskaja, po ego sobstvennomu priznaniju, kniga znamenitogo amerikanskogo klassika. Geroj romana, gollivudskij akter Dzhek Berns, ros, kak i avtor, ne znaja svoego biologicheskogo ottsa. Mat okruzhila ego obraz molchaniem i mistifikatsijami. Poiski ottsa, kotorymi nachinaetsja i zavershaetsja eta epopeja, opredeljajut vsju zhizn Dzheka. Krasavets, ljubimets zhenschin, talantlivyj artist, vse svoi roli on igraet dlja odnogo-edinstvennogo zritelja.

One of the world's greatest novelists returns with his first novel in seven years - a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics.

John Irving, one of the world's greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years--a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren't the first or the last ghosts he sees. John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time--among them, The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In The Last Chairlift, readers will once more be in his thrall.

John Irving's fifteenth novel is "powerfully cinematic" (The Washington Post) and "eminently readable" (The Boston Globe). The Last Chairlift is part ghost story, part love story, spanning eight decades of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, he will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren't the first or last ghosts he sees. John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time--among them, The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In the "generously intertextual" (The New York Times) The Last Chairlift, readers will once more be in his thrall.

"The nearest thing to an autobiography Irving has written . . . worth saving and savoring."--Seattle Times Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's candid memoir of his twin careers in writing and wrestling. The award-winning author of bestselling novels from The World According to Garp to In One Person and Avenue of Mysteries, Irving began writing when he was fourteen, the same age at which he began to wrestle at Exeter. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, was certified as a referee at twenty-four, and coached the sport until he was forty-seven. Irving coached his sons Colin and Brendan to New England championship titles, a championship that he himself was denied. In an autobiography filled with the humor and compassion one finds in his fiction, Irving explores the interrelationship between the two disciplines of writing and wrestling, from the days when he was a beginner at both until his fourth wresting-related surgery at the age of fifty-three. Writing as a father and mentor, he offers a lucid portrait of those--writers and wrestlers from Kurt Vonnegut to Ted Seabrooke--who played a mentor role in his development as a novelist, wrestler, and wrestling coach.

Owen Meany er navnet p en lille dreng fra provinsbyen Gravesend i New Hampshire. Han er i besiddelse af en skarp intelligens, stor autoritet og en bem rkelsesv rdig skinger stemme. I en baseballkamp sl r han som 11- rig en sk v bold, der rammer og dr ber hans bedste vens mor. Men Owen Meany tror ikke p tilf ldigheder, han mener, at han nu er Guds redskab. John Weelright er Owens bedste ven, og det er ham, der fort ller historien om de to drenges hjertegribende og groteske opv kst. "Man ler, s t rerne triller ... vittigt, smukt og inderligt skrevet." - Jyllands Posten-

Viimeinen yö Twisted Riverillä on osoitus Irvingin tarinankertojan voimasta.”... hän kutoo värikkään kudelman, jossa on rakkautta, huonoa omaatuntoa, särkyneitä sydämiä ja voitokas selviytymistarina.” The Globe and MailTwisted Riverin rannalla on sahan ja tukinuiton ympärille syntynyt yhteisö, jonka karskeja työmiehiä ja isoja naisia muonittaa ontuva kokki nimeltäDominic Baciagalupo. Hän asuu ruokalan yläkerrassa kahdestaan poikansa Dannyn kanssa. Dominicin lempisanonnan mukaan maailmassa sattuu vahinkoja. Eräänä yönä sattuu niin kohtalokas vahinko, että Dominicin ja Dannyn on pakko häipyä paikkakunnalta vähin äänin ennen aamun koittoa. Alkaa pakomatka, joka kestää halki vuosikymmenten. Vuosien kuluessa Dominicilla on monta ravintolaa ja Dannysta tulee kansainvälisesti menestynyt kirjailija, mutta Twisted River ei jätä heitä rauhaan. Baciagalupojen uskollisena ystävänä pysyy metsuri Ketchum, omintakeinen ajattelija ja korvaamaton tuki niin isälle kuin pojallekin.

A 2019 Italian BestsellerSurgically, but with wit, Francesco Filippi demolishes each and every myth that has taken root about Mussolini and fascism in an uplifting handbook for political and intellectual self-defense. No stones are left unturned, including the colonial devastation of Libya and Ethiopia. Legend would have it that Mussolini put roofs over Italians’ heads, developed the economy, had trains running on time, stood up for justice and against the mafia, protected the Jews from Nazi Germany, was a feminist, and put Italy on the map as a respected power. The founder of fascism’s only mistake was allying with Hitler. Though this is entirely false, it didn’t prevent Antonio Tahani, president of the European Union, from declaring in 2019 that “if we must be honest, he [Mussolini] did positive things to realize infrastructures … he reclaimed many parts of our Italy.” In fact, only 6 percent of the improvements referred to were done during the 21 years of fascist rule. Though written first for Italians, this book is relevant and timely for North Americans. Through a study of Mussolini and Italy, Filippi shows how such legends are built on webs of lie, manipulation of History, and constant uncontested repetition, explaining at the same time why so many people fall victim to the propaganda.

Winner of the National Book Award "Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it." --The New Republic"Wonderful . . . full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking." --Washington Post Powerful and political, with unforgettable characters and timeless themes, The World According to Garp is John Irving's breakout novel. The precursor of Irving's later protest novels, it is the story of Jenny, an unmarried nurse who becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing--and of her son, Garp, less beloved but no less polarizing. From the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly funny last line--"we are all terminal cases"--The World According to Garp maintains a breakneck pace. The subject of sexual hatred and violence--of intolerance of sexual minorities, and sexual differences--runs through the book, as relevant now as ever. Available in more than forty countries--with more than ten million copies in print--Garp is a comedy with forebodings of doom.

Fred "Juksu" Tumperin elämäntaival on yhtä syöksylaskua: vaimo on mustasukkainen, tyttöystävä haluaa lapsen, akateeminen ura kangertelee eikä isä auta rahahuolissa. Ja päälle päätteeksi häntä piinaa ikävä vaiva, joka vaikuttaa merkittävästi hänen intiimeihin suhteisiinsa. John Irvingin nuoruudenteos on hullunhauska ja nokkela tarina kaverista, joka on vähällä eksyä oman elämänsä sokkeloihin. Vesimiehen päähenkilöllä Fred Trumperilla, ystävien kesken Juksulla, on kiusanaan ahdas ja kiemurainen virtsaputki. Ahtaat paikat tulehtuvat ja hoitokeinoksi valitaan vesihoito. "Paljon vettä ennen yhdyntää ja pissille sen jälkeen!" Fredin elämä on yhtä kiemuraista kuin hänen intiimit putkensa. Hän ei ole mikään suoraviivainen toimen mies, vaan pikemminkin taipuvainen alistumaan kohtalon metkuihin. Ne tuovat hänen puolisokseen uljaan germaanissyntyisen syöksylaskijattaren, mutta avioliitosta ja iloisesta perhetapahtumasta on seurauksena välirikko isän kanssa ja jatkuvat rahahuolet. Hän yrittää elättää perhettään myymällä rintamerkkejä jalkapallo-otteluissa, toimimalla äänittäjänä dokumenttifilmeissä ja vippaamalla ystäviltään. Mutta kun asiat menevät peruuttamattomasti solmuun, Juksu lähtee Wieniin etsimään kadonnutta ystäväänsä ja selvittelemään pasmojaan. Sillä aikaa hänen elämänsä kuviot muuttuvat kotimaassa täydellisesti; takaisin palattuaan Fred päätyy elämään Tulpen-nimisen tytön kanssa keskellä akvaariota ja esittämään pääosaa hänestä itsestään kertovassa elokuvassa. Kuva Juksu Trumperin elämästä rakentuu taidokkaasti useita vuorottelevista tasoista. Mukana on hänen sairauskertomuksensa, hänen kummankin naissuhteensa tarina, kirjeenvaihto velkojien kanssa ja elokuvasynopsiksia. Ja tämän kaiken lomassa kulkee Aktheltin ja Gunnelin tarina muinaisnorjalaisesta runoelmasta, jonka käännöksestä on määrä tulla Juksun suuri akateeminen opinnäyte.

A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers. Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author 'BRILLIANT' Cosmpolitan; 'ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY' L A Times

The bestselling coming-of-age classic novel by John Irving--now in a limited 40th anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author. He is more than popular. He is a Populist, determined to keep alive the Dickensian tradition that revels in colorful set pieces...and teaches moral lessons.--The New York Times The opening sentence of John Irving's breakout novel, The World According to Garp, signals the start of sexual violence, which becomes increasingly political. Garp's mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater. Jenny is an unmarried nurse; she becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing. Her son, Garp, is less beloved, but no less polarizing. From the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly funny last line--we are all terminal cases--The World According to Garp maintains a breakneck pace. The subject of sexual hatred--of intolerance of sexual minorities and differences--runs the gamut of lunacy and sorrow. Winner of the National Book Award, Garp is a comedy with forebodings of doom. In more than thirty languages, in more than forty countries--with more than ten million copies in print--Garp is the precursor of John Irving's later protest novels.