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Setting Free the Bears : A Novel by John Irving (1997, Trade Paperback)
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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. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules—a film with seven Academy Award nominations.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345417984
ISBN-139780345417985
eBay Product ID (ePID)158233
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleSetting Free the Bears : a Novel
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicLiterary, Historical, Humorous / General
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorJohn Irving
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-284032
Reviews"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
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
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, "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
LC Classification NumberPS3559.R8S48 2003
