Setting Free the Bears
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"Setting Free the Bears is the first novel by American author John Irving, published in 1968 by Random House.
Irving studied at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna in 1963 and Bears was written between 1965 and 1967 based largely on Irving's understanding of the city and its rebellious youth of the 1960s. The original manuscript for the book was submitted as his Masters thesis at the University of Iowa’s Writer's Workshop in 1967, and was later expanded and revised to its published version.
Bears is widely criticized as disjointed and naïve but in retrospect is deemed to have all the elements that have made Irving one of the most successful American authors of the day. These include a Dickensian narrative style, an inclination for the eccentric, unexpected violence, and a tendency to include thinly disguised biographical details in his work."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setting_Free_the_Bears
Irving studied at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna in 1963 and Bears was written between 1965 and 1967 based largely on Irving's understanding of the city and its rebellious youth of the 1960s. The original manuscript for the book was submitted as his Masters thesis at the University of Iowa’s Writer's Workshop in 1967, and was later expanded and revised to its published version.
Bears is widely criticized as disjointed and naïve but in retrospect is deemed to have all the elements that have made Irving one of the most successful American authors of the day. These include a Dickensian narrative style, an inclination for the eccentric, unexpected violence, and a tendency to include thinly disguised biographical details in his work."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setting_Free_the_Bears
Journal Entry 2 by rem_BFH-812801 at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, October 10, 2013
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Thank you very much. I am going to but this on the top of my TBR-list. I have many books from John Irving that are also in that list.
Thank you very much. I am going to but this on the top of my TBR-list. I have many books from John Irving that are also in that list.
I don't know how many percent from the book I get but still it was fun to read. I enjoy very much. My personal favorite was Siggy. So funny character. Book was divided in three parts. Notebook was maybe hardest to read, but ok I like it also. Especially the zoo watch parts. Ending was also very nice.
And finally I have to say that I had recently also started to like motorcycles and think even that it would be nice to drive those. That come from because I had watch Twin Peaks tv-series and now I am crazy about motorcycles. It was funny to notice that there were much parts from the book that are connect for driving a motorcycle.
Maybe I should start to read Irving more. And this book again also in Finnish language.
And finally I have to say that I had recently also started to like motorcycles and think even that it would be nice to drive those. That come from because I had watch Twin Peaks tv-series and now I am crazy about motorcycles. It was funny to notice that there were much parts from the book that are connect for driving a motorcycle.
Maybe I should start to read Irving more. And this book again also in Finnish language.
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The book is here! Thank you! :)
