About this title: Irving writes about his adventures in the movie business, including the filming of THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, the unfilmed screenplays he has written, and--chiefly--the problems he encountered with the filming of THE CIDERHOUSE RULES in 1999.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 11/1999
ISBN-13:9780375503689ISBN:0375503684
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 11/1999
ISBN-13:9780375503689ISBN:0375503684
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 11/1999
ISBN-13:9780375503689ISBN:0375503684
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover is lightly curled, clean text and tight binding! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fine. No DJ Issued. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Never read but has sat on bookshop shelf Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Edition: First edition. NEW copy, unread. First Edition. (stated).
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375503689ISBN:0375503684
Description: New in new dust jacket. * NEW unread copy with good clean, bright, tight pages. no ink markings. NO NAMES. NO UNDERLINING. NO TEARS. (slight edge/shelf wear) 170 pp. John Irving's memoir describes the author's involvement (and lack thereof) in five of the films that have (and have not) been made from his nine novels. Irving tells of the 13 years he spent adapting his novel The Cider House Rules for the screen for four different directors. He also writes about the failed effort to make his first ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375503689ISBN:0375503684
Description: A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375503689ISBN:0375503684
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375503689ISBN:0375503684
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket hard copy, Text is clean and unmarked, Binding tight Dust Jacket has creasing and wear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Description: Good. 0345441303 Standard good condition used book, mild wear to cover and pages, no markings, may have a name written inside cover-Great book ** Satisfaction Guaranteed ** Orders ship same or next business day. read more
"Repetitive, dull and self-aggrandizing. Can't believe this is the same JI who wrote Garp, Owen Meany etc. I learned nothing about movies, nothing about JI and nothing about the process of adapting novels to the screen. One of the laziest books I've read in a long time. At least it's short."
"Read this very quickly. I was interested in it more for his discussion of his grandfather's career in obstetrics (and writings pertaining thereto), and the history of abortion in the U.S., and while the discussion there is brief and wanting, it was interesting. The Writer Writing About Writing stuff -- which comprises the book as a whole -- would probably be off-putting to most people, but as a fiction writer I was interested in his (surprisingly non-diva-like, at least for the most part) discussion of how he went about translating the book to the film. Overall, though, not something I'd recommend to many folks, unless they're reeeeally interested in the topics at hand."
"Irving recounts his experiences with the filming of his books. He provides considerable detail, particularly, for the transition of Cider House Rules from novel to film. It is a very nice look into the process of translating from novel to screenplay. He provides many examples of the decisions that had to be made and why they worked, or didn't."
"I just finished this book not two minutes ago. It's a great memoir only insofar as it isn't a "memoir" in the sense what most memoirs tend to be: self-absorbed. It focuses primarily on the personal account of Iriving's novel THE CIDER HOUSE RULES as it was into a screenplay, which he also wrote. There are, of course, intermittent chapters about his other works, adapted and unadapted, and writing in general. Having seen the film THE CIDER HOUSE RULES and then read (the novel followed by watching the film again), I felt this book was a perfect guide to the hardships of good adaptation. It was also very insightful considering the vastness of the novel vs. the seeming dilution of the screenplay. AND YET, both succeeded both as themselves as well as refractions of each other.
As an aspiring writer, this book inspired me greatly and I now feel I can approach my writing with more insight.
"When I feel like being a director, I write a novel." John Irving"
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