"I’m old-fashioned, a storyteller. I’m not an analyst and I’m not an intellectual."

~John Irving, born today, 1942.

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Literarischer #2März

„If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”

#JohnIrving #APrayerForOwenMeany Geburtstag 1942

“It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.” — John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire
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The World According to Me

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#TheWorldAccordingToGarp
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“We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds.” — John Irving, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
#QOTD #JohnIrving #Denial #Avoidance #Quotation #Quote

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'Was zu trinken (kein Alkohol)' #FotoVorschlag

… und dazu passend, was zu lesen:

• Die wilde Geschichte vom Wassertrinker
(The Water-Method Man) - 1972
- John Irving

hier zu sehen die wunderbare, handliche, nur 10x15 cm kleine Hardcoverausgabe aus dem @diogenesverlag

#books #JohnIrving

I decided 2026 will be the year I begin reading for pleasure again. After a couple of "warm up" books, I'm rereading "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving because I know I like(d) it. I recall I found it in a bargain bin and it made me an Irving fan "back when I read."

Sadly, outside of the primary two characters, I don't really recall anything else about the story. Besides a vague memory of how it ends. I'm almost halfway through.

Don't tell/remind me how it ends! #johnirving