Irving, John

A graduate student plans for a second marriage that bears an unusual resemblance to his first, during which he struggles to live with a birth defect in his urinary tract.

Two Viennese university students in 1967 decide to reenact the World War II liberation of the Vienna Zoo--an action that has both comic and gruesome consequences.

A novel narrated by the middle son in a family of five children, one bear, and one dog. Describes the Berry family growing up in three different hotels on two separate continents.

Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier; believes he is God's instrument; he is.

The son of a famous radical feminist spends his life struggling with his diverse personal relationships and with his ambition to be a writer.

Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorite orphan, Homer, who is never adopted.

Tells the story of Ruth Cole, looking in on three stages of her life, the first in the summer of 1958 when she is four and her parents are estranged; next in the fall of 1990 when Ruth, unmarried, has a thriving literary career but no personal success; and finally in the autumn of 1995 when she falls in love for the first time.

While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion and finds his life forever change when he becomes the first person to receive a hand transplant.