- Taschenbuch: 352 Seiten
- Verlag: Ballantine Books; Auflage: Reprint (30. Mai 1990)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0345367413
- ISBN-13: 978-0345367419
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,4 x 10,6 x 2,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.4 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (14 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 285.573 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences, in this first novel written by a twenty-five year old John Irving, already a master storyteller.
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How I accomplished writing true novels!
Growing up, I have been inspired of how writers come up with their own sense of thought and how they picture it in writing. I grew up trying to find something unique in everything i saw and one day went to a art museum with my mom and talked about a painting. The museum guard came up to me and said" little boy, you have a really good imagination...the painter tried to portray this in his painting"...after those words, I expanded in my thoughts and put my thoughts in writing to create my novels.
Growing up, I have been inspired of how writers come up with their own sense of thought and how they picture it in writing. I grew up trying to find something unique in everything i saw and one day went to a art museum with my mom and talked about a painting. The museum guard came up to me and said" little boy, you have a really good imagination...the painter tried to portray this in his painting"...after those words, I expanded in my thoughts and put my thoughts in writing to create my novels.
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I could find him every noon, sitting on a bench in the Rathaus Park with a small, fat bag of hothouse radishes in his lap and a bottle of beer in one hand. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Debut book by John Irving is disappointing only when you have previously read all others, like I did. The story is about Vienna (a recurring theme in all of his prose) and misery of the postwar aftermath with foreign occupants. The Viennese Zoo animals were released and eaten at the end of the war. Irving fantasizes about this event. I could not manage to finish the book, however. He is a talented novelist, but I should have switched the order of reading and start with "Bears". After all others, I am not able to recommend the book even to myself.
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I first read Irving's later books, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Garp, Hotel New Hampshire and Son of the Circus. I loved those books and only wish that I had more of John Irvings to read. Unfortunately, I was disappointed by Setting Free the Bears. As one of his earlier works, I could see where he was headed, but it does not compare favorably to his more mature work.
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I don't want this to be a running theme, but in concurrance with the other reviewers, this book is definitely not for the Irving connoisseur. It is broken into three sections, of which the second is the only one worth reading as it foreshadows Irving's later-to-flourish talent of weaving together storylines and plots from various sources into a meaningul synergy. If you can make it through the first two hundred pages, don't stop because there is a kernel of beauty to be found; however, if you don't make it that far, nobody (including me) is going to blame you. As a final note, I did appreciate the lengths to which Irving was able to prorogue the title's implied theme throughout all of the story's happenings and not just in the zoo break itself (not to spill the beans).
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Don't Worry, Irving Gets Better
I am a huge John Irving fan, and have been ever since I read A Prayer for Owen Meany several years ago, unfortunately this book is a disappointment. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Juli 2000 von Z. Blume
Annoyance - Not so bad - Annoyance
I don't want this to be a running theme, but in concurrance with the other reviewers, this book is definitely not for the Irving connoisseur. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. Juni 2000 von "dylan38"
Slightly disappointing
After reading the wonderfully Irving's imaginative, captivating and sometimes zany books, The World According to Garp, A prayer for Owen Meany, The Cider House Rules, Hotel New... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Mai 2000 veröffentlicht
Great book!!
Easily the best Irving book that I've ever read. This is an especially good read if you're not a huge Irving fan. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 2. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
Pure Torture
I've been a great fan of John Irving, but I was not able to appreciate this book - at all!! A real disappointment! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Juni 1999 von peacockins@earthlink.net
First Novel Topic: Pain in Passion, Passion in Pain
I have always felt that John Irving is a literary idealist of very respectable stature. This book is vintage Irving in terms of its outrageous story line, cast of soul-searching... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
John Irving's first and best.
I've read at least five other Irving books including Garp and none left me as satisfied. The stories were cleverly interwoven and like so many Irving stories included traumatic... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
pure Irving storytelling
I suppose that if you liked Robin Williams as Garp or laugh at Pepsi commercials, this book may not be for you. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. September 1998 veröffentlicht
A Forgotten Masterpiece
Having read Garp, Owen, Hotel NH, and Widow, I decided that I should read some of Irving's earlier stuff. I tore through 158-lb., but not because it was any good. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
Most dissapointing !
Being a big John Irving fan I was most dissapointed with this book.I found it tedious and BORING! Do read Garp and Cider House Rules.
Am 14. März 1998 veröffentlicht
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