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SUMMARY:Virtual Event - "A Lifetime of Writing: A Conversation with I
 nternational Bestselling Author John Irving"
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DESCRIPTION:Register Here\r\nYou are in for a treat when you join us for a
 n intimate conversation with John Irving as he chats about not only his mo
 st recent novel, The Last Chairlift, but also about his prolific body of 
 work and a lifetime spent writing. Irving’s first novel was published wh
 en he was just twenty-six years old. He has gone on to be nominated for a 
 National Book Award three times and won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenpl
 ay.\r\nThe Last Chairlift, Irving’s self-proclaimed final long novel, be
 gins in Aspen, Colorado in 1941, when Rachel Brewster, a slalom skier, com
 petes at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as sh
 e is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get preg
 nant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her 
 son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questio
 ns concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam wi
 ll go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will mee
 t some ghosts; they aren’t the first or the last ghosts he sees. \r\nYo
 u don’t want to miss this hour online with internationally bestselling a
 uthor John Irving. Register now! \r\nAbout the Author: John Irving was b
 orn in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the 
 Bears, was published in 1968, when he was 26. \r\nIrving has been nominat
 ed for a National Book Award three times, winning in 1980 for The World A
 ccording to Garp. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay fo
 r The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for In 
 One Person. Internationally renowned, his books have been translated into 
 more than thirty-five languages. A Prayer for Owen Meany is his best-sel
 ling novel, in every language.\r\nJohn Irving is a dual citizen of the Uni
 ted States and Canada. He lives in Toronto.
URL:https://www.meridenlibrary.org/event/virtual-event-lifetime-writing-co
 nversation-international-bestselling-author-john-irving
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