{"product_id":"the-hotel-new-hampshire-john-irving","title":"The Hotel New Hampshire (John Irving)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo says John Berry, son of a hapless dreamer, brother to a cadre of eccentric siblings, and chronicler of the lives lived, the loves experienced, the deaths met, and the myriad strange and wonderful times encountered by the family Berry. Hoteliers, pet-bear owners, friends of Freud (the animal trainer and vaudevillian, that is), and playthings of mad fate, they 'dream on' in this funny, sad, outrageous, and moving novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJohn Irving \u003c\/b\u003epublished his first novel, \u003ci\u003eSetting Free the Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times - winning once, in 1980, for the novel \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e. He also received an O. Henry Award, in 1981, for the short story 'Interior Space'. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules \u003c\/i\u003e- a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. For more information about the author, please visit www.john-irving.com\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-Format, Englisch, 544 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65761429487965,"sku":"K030135493","price":12.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/3013549300001A.jpg?v=1788230993","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-hotel-new-hampshire-john-irving","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}