John Irving

Siste natt i Twisted River er enda en burlesk, overdådig og original roman fra den store amerikanske fortelleren. I 1954, i bakrommet på en liten kafé, i en liten by i New Hampshire, tar en engstelig 12-åring feil av kjæresten til den lokale politimannen og en bjørn. Både 12-åringen og faren hans må flykte fra småbyen, og forflytter seg i årevis mellom Boston, Vermont og Toronto, forfulgt av den uforsonlige politimannen. Den eneste vennen de har, er den eksentriske analfabeten og skogsarbeideren Ketchum." Skriften er barokk, burlesk, endog grotesk, og geografiske konstanter er New England og Iowa. Så har han usvikelig sans for splittede familier, skrivende mennesker, fribrytere, bjørner og avkuttede kroppsdeler. Siste natt i Twisted River, hans tolvte roman, er utvilsomt hans mest ambisiøse til nå." Terje Stemland, Aftenposten

Mozart's piano sonatas are among the most familiar of his works and stand alongside those of Haydn and Beethoven as staples of the pianist's repertoire. In this study, John Irving looks at a wide selection of contextual situations for Mozart's sonatas, focusing on the variety of ways in which they assume identities and achieve meanings. In particular, the book seeks to establish the provisionality of the sonatas' notated texts, suggesting that the texts are not so much identifiers as possibilities and that their identity resides in the usage. Close attention is paid to reception matters, analytical approaches, organology, the role of autograph manuscripts, early editions and editors, and aspects of historical performance practice - all of which go beyond the texts in opening windows onto Mozart's sonatas. Treating the sonatas collectively as a repertoire, rather than as individual works, the book surveys broad thematic issues such as the role of historical writing about music in defining a generic space for Mozart's sonatas, their construction within pedagogical traditions, the significance of sound as opposed to sight in these works (and in particular their sound on fortepianos of the later eighteenth-century) , and the creative role of the performer in their representation beyond the frame of the text. Drawing together and synthesizing this wealth of material, Irving provides an invaluable reference source for those already familiar with this repertoire.

In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, pursued by the constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them.

In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County--to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto--pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River depicts the recent half-century in the United States as "a living replica of Coos County, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course." What further distinguishes Last Night in Twisted River is the author's unmistakable voice--the inimitable voice of an accomplished storyteller.

It was a gruelling adventure and an epic challenge. On the face of it, all we had to do was get from London to Mongolia. But looking deeper it was going to be a lot less simple than it had first appeared. We had minimal planning, bought a horribly underpowered car that was fit for scrap, had no external support, no prior expedition experience or survival knowledge and decided to do it all in the name of charity. We only allowed ourselves three weeks to complete the adventure. I hadn t even heard of half of the countries we were intending to cross and certainly didn t speak the languages but we d go for it anyway and see how things turned out. It couldn t be that hard after all. Here s my account of how it happened, what we came across, the scrapes we got into and how we got out of them and a selection of the numerous photos I took on the 9,592 miles to Mongolia. Some experiences defied belief, some were mildly terrifying but there are none that I will ever forget.

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Italialaistaustainen Dominic Baciagalupo, ontuva kokki, on jäänyt leskeksi nuorena ja elää kahdestaan 12-vuotiaan poikansa Dannyn kanssa. Heidän aikansa Twisted Riverillä päättyy dramaattisesti eräänä yönä, kun tapahtuu kuolemantapaus, jonka aiheuttaa Dannyn onneton väärinkäsitys. Aamun valjetessa Dominic ja Danny jättävät Twisted Riverin taakseen. Samalla he lähtevät etsimään tukkien alle hukkuneen nuoren Angel-pojan sukulaisia. Romaani kattaa viisi vuosikymmentä Amerikan historiaa. 1950-luvun pohjoisesta New Hampshirestä siirrytään 60-luvun Bostoniin, 80-luvun Etelä-Vermontiin, 2000-luvun Torontoon ja sieltä takaisin Coos Countyyn New Hampshireen. Vuosien kuluessa Dannysta tulee kirjailija. Romaanissa on Irvingin aiemmista kirjoista tuttuja aineksia, mutta kirjailijalle ominaiseen tapaan se on myös yllätyksiä täynnä. Teos pitää hyppysissään alun tukkilaistunnelmista aina elegiseen loppuun saakka.

Mozart Treasures.

Die Leser von Garp werden sich erinnern: Die Pension Grillparzer ist die erste Erzählung aus der Feder des 19-jährigen Garp - mit ihr erobert er Helen, seine spätere Frau. Eine Geschichte voller Verrücktheit und Trauer, mit wiederkehrenden Träumen, verzweifelten Akrobaten, Bären und Wien.

'Bis ich dich finde' ist die Geschichte des Schauspielers Jack Burns. Seine Mutter ist Tätowiererin, sein Vater ein Organist, der verschwunden ist. Ein Roman über Obsessionen und Freundschaften; über fehlende Väter und (zu) starke Mütter; über Kirchenorgeln, Ringen und Tattoos; über gestohlene Kindheit, trügerische Erinnerungen und über die Suche nach der einen Person, die unserem Leben endlich einen Sinn gibt.

Sommeren 1958 overrasker fire år gamle Ruth Cole sin vakre mor Marion Cole (39) i sengen sammen med Eddie O’Hare (16). Samme sommer forlater Marion mann og barn. Siden får leseren følge Ruths og farens historie i sprang de neste 36 årene, men også historien til den håpløst forelskede guttungen Eddie. Handlingen bringes opp til 1990-årene, og i ett av disse årene er Ruth Cole enke. Terningkast 6. «Det er bare å lene seg bakover og nyte denne boken – med åpne øyne.» Tinic Talén, VG «Enke for et år ser for meg ut til å være den beste historien John Irving har diktet opp til nå.» William H. Pritchard, The New York Times Book Review

"Pravila vinodelov" - klassicheskaja saga o ljubvi i vybore amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzhona Irvinga, avtora takikh mirovykh bestsellerov, kak "Mir glazami Garpa", "Molitva ob Ouene Mini", "Muzhchiny ne ee zhizni". Eto kniga o tom, chto kazhdyj mechtaet o seme, o prostykh zhiznennykh pravilakh, kotorykh dolzhen priderzhivatsja chelovek, esli on khochet ostavatsja chelovekom. Eto kniga ob objazatelstvakh, kotorye nastojaschie ljudi berut na sebja i vypolnjajut, i o prizvanii, kotoroe, kak ni kruti, est u kazhdogo v zhizni, no ne vsjakij ego nakhodit. Kinoversija romana, snjataja Lasse Khalstremom (v roljakh Tobi Maguajr, Sharliz Teron, Majkl Kejn), byla nominirovana na sem "Oskarov" i dva "Oskara" poluchila, prichem odin iz nikh dostalsja samomu Irvingu - za luchshij stsenarij.

Mozart's piano sonatas form a richly diverse and significant part of his instrumental output, and span much of his mature composing career, thereby representing a microcosm of the composer's changing style. Part I examines the contexts in which the sonatas were composed and performed, and reviews likely sources of influence. Part II concentrates on the genesis of the sonatas and the surviving autographs, which reveal important information about Mozart's compositional process. In Part III the music is studied from the standpoint of rhetoric - a discipline featured in numerous contemporary aesthetic and theoretical textbooks on music - and proceeds through an investigation of the nature of the musical ideas, followed by a discussion of formal design and finally a consideration of the style. The resulting picture affords a cross-section of Mozart's compositional strategies.

'According to his mother, Jack Burns was an actor before he was an actor, but Jack's most vivid memories of childhood were those moments when he felt compelled to hold his mother's hand.

Chronicles the life and times of actor Jack Burns, whose unique bond with his mother, Alice, a Toronto tattoo artist, and their search for his missing father, William, a church organist with an addiction to being tattooed, shapes his relationships with women and his Hollywood career. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 300,000 first printing.

“Äitinsä mukaan Jack Burns oli näyttelijä jo ennen kuin hänestä tuli näyttelijä, mutta Jackin elävimmät muistot lapsuudesta olivat ne hetket, jolloin hänen oli ihan pakko pitää äitiä kädestä. Silloin hän ei näytellyt.” Näin alkaa John Irvingin 11. romaani Kunnes löydän sinut, näyttelijä Jack Burnsin tarina. Jackin äiti, Alice, on torontolainen tatuoija. Nelivuotiaana Jack tekee Alicen kanssa matkan useisiin Pohjanmeren ja Itämeren satamakaupunkeihin (mm. Helsinkiin), joista he etsivät Jackin kadonnutta isää Williamia, edinburghilaista urkuria, jonka vimmana on peittää ihonsa tatuoinneilla niin kuin nuottilehti nuoteilla. Mutta Williamia ei löydy. Alice ei halua enää puhua asiasta, ja Jack alkaa epäillä omia muistojaankin. Jack Burns käy kouluja Kanadassa ja Uudessa-Englannissa, mutta hänen persoonansa muovaavat suhteet vanhempiin naisiin. Jackin elämä näyttelijänä Hollywoodissa on täynnä herkullisia yksityiskohtia ja suuria tunteita, ja yhtä värikkäästi ja elävästi Irving kuvaa Euroopan satamakaupunkien tatuointiateljeita ja humisevaa soittoa, jota Jack kuulee samojen kaupunkien kirkoissa. Irving ylittää jälleen kerran itsensä. Hänen maanläheisyytensä ja huumorinsa ovat tallella, mutta romaanin läpi kulkee sydämeenkäyvä, surumielinen juonne.