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Heavy Lifting and Familiar Themes in John Irving’s “The Last Chairlift”

Family matters. Size matters. Actually, pretty much everything matters, in the world according to John Irving. For readers fanatical about his work or those who might see him as an acquired taste they haven’t yet acquired, I’ll let you in on a not-so-secret secret: John Irving is one of the…

Jim AlkonOctober 17, 2022

Miscellany

John Irving Wins Distinguished Achievement Award

Writer John Irving, whose novels champion outsiders and often explore the bigotry, intolerance, and hatred directed at sexual minorities, will receive the 2018 Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, organizers of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize announced. Named in honor of the celebrated U.S. diplomat who played an instrumental…

BookTribJuly 24, 2018

Fiction

Review: John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries’ Revisits the Seductive Highways of Childhood

Here’s an interesting fact about John Irving whose new novel, Avenue of Mysteries (Simon & Schuster; November 2, 2015) uses the present as a vehicle for visiting the past: he begins every novel by writing the last sentence first. If your curiosity gets the better of you, then go ahead…

Carol MemmottNovember 2, 2015

Fiction

How Collective Readership Takes Us Deeper

I’ve had a long history of questioning my true love for books ever since I had trouble enjoying the novels I was assigned in grade school. In fact, if I look at The Odyssey one more time, I’ll probably lose my mind. As someone who claimed to love books so…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 9, 2017

Heavy Lifting and Familiar Themes in John Irving’s “The Last Chairlift”

John Irving Wins Distinguished Achievement Award

Review: John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries’ Revisits the Seductive Highways of Childhood

How Collective Readership Takes Us Deeper

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