Avenue of Mysteries af John Irving (Bog)

Forfatter: John Irving
Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 0
Forlag: Black Swan Books, Limited
Udgivelsesår: 2017
"As we grow older--most of all, in what we remember and what we dream--we live in the past. Sometimes, we live more vividly in the past than in the present. As an older man, Juan Diego will take a trip to the Philippines, but what travels with him are his dreams and memories; he is most alive in his childhood and early adolescence in Mexico. "An aura of fate had marked him," John Irving writes, of Juan Diego. "The chain of events, the links in our lives--what leads us where we're going, the courses we follow to our ends, what we don't see coming, and what we do--all this can be mysterious, or simply unseen, or even obvious." Avenue of Mysteries is the story of what happens to Juan Diego in the Philippines, where what happened to him in the past--in Mexico--collides with his future" --.
Titel: Avenue of Mysteries
Udgave: Paperback edition

Sammendrag: Roman om Juan Diego, der som dreng i Mexico lever et hårdt, men fantasirigt liv sammen med sin mindelæsende søster Lupe. Hun kan se andres tanker og forudane, hvad der vil ske, hvilket både giver håb og en tung viden om fremtidens ulykker. Mange år senere, som ældre mand, rejser Juan Diego til Filippinerne for at indfri et gammelt løfte. På rejsen blandes hans drømme og minder fra Mexico med de begivenheder, han oplever i nutiden, så grænsen mellem fortid og nutid opløses. Historien undersøger, hvordan tilfældigheder, tro og barndomserfaringer styrer vores livsforløb, og hvad der sker, når fortiden uundgåeligt kolliderer med fremtiden.
Type: Paperback