One of those books that I thought, when I had finished it: This is perhaps the best book I've ever read. That is also partly why I haven't read any Irving books since Cider House Rules: the justified fear that it will never be as good as this.
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eyolf rated The Cider House Rules: 4 stars
The Cider House Rules by John Irving, John Irving
Al hospital St. Cloud´s se acercan muchas parejas o mujeres solas en situaciones desesperadas, dispuestas a abortar o abandonar a …
eyolf reviewed The World According to Garp by John Irving
The World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel, about a man, born out …
Review of 'The World According to Garp' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
eyolf rated A Happy Boy: 5 stars
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes into the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Like the …
eyolf rated Little Eyolf: 5 stars
eyolf rated Kristin Lavransdatter: 5 stars
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of …
eyolf rated The Girl Who Played with Fire: 5 stars
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (The Millennium Trilogy, #2)
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex …
eyolf rated Jerv, jervere, jervest?: 5 stars
eyolf rated Menneske Og Maktene: 5 stars
eyolf rated Paa Turnʹe.: 5 stars
Paa Turnʹe. by Knut Hamsun (Fakkel-bøkene,)
eyolf rated Gosta Berling's Saga: 5 stars
eyolf rated Jag är Zlatan Ibrahimović, min historia: 5 stars
eyolf rated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 5 stars
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Millenium, #1)
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander investigate the disappearance of Harriet Vanger which took place forty years ago.