John Irving: The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules
Buch
- Transworld Publ. Ltd UK, 07/1986
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, B-format paperback
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780552992046
- Bestellnummer: 2265631
- Umfang: 704 Seiten
- Copyright-Jahr: 2010
- Gewicht: 506 g
- Maße: 195 x 128 mm
- Stärke: 40 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 1.7.1986
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers.Rezension
"The Cider House Rules is difficult to define and impossible not to admire" Daily TelegraphKlappentext
'The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud's so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer's intention to make St Cloud's his home.'Homer Wells' odyssey begins among the apple orchards of rural Maine. As the oldest unadopted child at St Cloud's orphanage, he strikes up a profound and unusual friendship with Wilbur Larch, the orphanage's founder - a man of rare compassion and an addiction to ether. What he learns from Wilbur takes him from his early apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to an adult life running a cider-making factory and a strange relationship with the wife of his closest friend...