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The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire
Author: John Irving
"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." — So 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 deat...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780525128007
ISBN-10: 052512800X
Publication Date: 9/30/1981
Pages: 401
Edition: 1st ed
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 29 ratings
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 2
As a John Irving fan I think that The Hotel New Hampshire is one of his best. Though flawed the characters are real and interesting. I hated to finish it.
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Helpful Score: 1
Like other Irving books I've read, this one was both funny and sad as well as quirky at times. The story kept me engaged as I wanted to find out what happens next to Franny, John, Frank, Lilly, Egg, etc.
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Helpful Score: 1
Entertaining. Absolutely wonderful book. Irving draws you into the day to day lives of his characters. One of his best.
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A funny, sprawling novel that follows an eccentric family raised in hotels with bears. My husband says, "If you're a John Irving fan it is a must read."
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Truly wonderful fiction from John Irving.
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I love John Irving and this is a classic. The novel is much better than the movie. An excellent read.
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A family "coming of age" narrative with Irving's usual quirky, loveable characters.
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First Sentence:
The summer my father bought the bear, none of us was born-we weren't even conceived: not Frank, the oldest; not Franny, the loudest; not me, the next; and not the youngest of us, Lilly and Egg.
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Good read about a complicated family.


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