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Avenue of Mysteries: Trailers
In these three book trailers, John Irving discusses Avenue of Mysteries. IN THE FIRST TRAILER, Irving describes the parallel tracks on which the story is told: In one story, there is a a fourteen-year-old boy named Juan Diego, growing up in Oaxaca, Mexico. In the other story, Juan Diego is fifty-four years old and travelling…
Read MoreTrailer #1 for Avenue of Mysteries
Take a look at the first trailer for John Irving’s upcoming Avenue of Mysteries, available on November 3rd.
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John Irving reading an excerpt from his essay “Cat Without Eyes,” published in Brick’s Issue 95.
Read MoreAvenue of Mysteries: A note from John Irving
As a novelist, I know something that works better than any synopsis of what a new novel is about. You would be better off reading the first few paragraphs of the first chapter, because that’s all the author wanted you to know about the book before you start reading it for yourself. Believe me: the author just wants you to begin reading.
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