You are in for a treat when you join us fo r an intimate conversation with John Irving as he chats about not only his most recent novel\, \;The Last Chairlift\, but also about his prolifi c body of work and a lifetime spent writing. Irving&rsquo\;s first novel w as published when he was just twenty-six years old. He has gone on to be n ominated for a National Book Award three times and won an Oscar for Best A dapted Screenplay.
\nThe Last Chairlift\, Irving&rsquo\;s self-procl aimed final long novel\, begins in Aspen\, Colorado in 1941\, when Rachel Brewster\, a slalom skier\, competes at the National Downhill and Slalom C hampionships. Little Ray\, as she is called\, finishes nowhere near the po dium\, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home\, in New England\, Littl e Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son\, Adam\, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Yea rs later\, looking for answers\, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerom e\, where he was conceived\, Adam will meet some ghosts\; they aren&rsquo\ ;t the first or the last ghosts he sees. \;
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\nAbout the Author: \;John Irving w as born in Exeter\, New Hampshire\, in 1942. His first novel\, \;Setti ng Free the Bears\, was published in 1968\, when he was twenty-six. \;
\nIrving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times\, winning in 1980 for \;The World According to Garp. In 2000\, he won t he Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \;The Cider House Rules. In 2 013\, he won a Lambda Literary Award for \;In One Person. Internationa lly renowned\, his books have been translated into more than thirty-five l anguages. \;A Prayer for Owen Meany \;is his best-selling novel\, in every language.
\nJohn Irving is a dual citizen of the United Sta tes and Canada. He lives in Toronto.
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