An edition of Setting Free the Bears (Black Swan) (1979)

Setting Free the Bears

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An edition of Setting Free the Bears (Black Swan) (1979)

Setting Free the Bears

1st Ballantine Bks. ed.

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Irving’s debut novel, this is set in 1960s Austria and focuses on two anarchic young Austrians on a motorcycle tour of the country whose stated aim is to free the animals from Vienna Zoo.

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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Pages
352

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Subjects
American fiction (fictional works by one author), Young men, Fiction, Zoo animals, History, Historical reenactments, Fiction in English, Black humor (Literature), Jeunes hommes, Romans, nouvelles, Animaux de jardin zoologique, Histoire
Places
Europe, Austria, Vienna (Austria)
Times
20th century, 1960s
Edition Availability
Cover of: Setting Free The Bears
Setting Free The Bears
1991, Bloomsbury Classics, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hardcover
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Cover of: Setting Free the Bears
Setting Free the Bears
May 30, 1990, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Ballantine Bks. ed.
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Cover of: Setting Free the Bears (Black Swan)
Setting Free the Bears (Black Swan)
July 1, 1986, Bantam Doubleday Dell
Paperback - New Ed edition
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Setting Free the Bears
September 3, 1982, Pocket
Paperback in English
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Setting Free The Bears
October 1, 1981, Books on Tape, Inc.
Audio cassette
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Cover of: Setting free the bears
Setting free the bears
1979, Pocket Books
in English
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Book Details

First Sentence

"I could find him every noon, sitting on a bench in the Rathaus Park with a small, fat bag of hothouse radishes in his lap and a bottle of beer in one hand."

Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
1968

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.54
Library of Congress
PZ4.I714, PS3559.R8*

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
340 p. ;
Number of pages
352
Dimensions
6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
Weight
6.4 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9582992M
Internet Archive
settingfreebear00irvi
ISBN 10
0345367413
ISBN 13
9780345367419
LCCN
68028537
OCLC/WorldCat
22105589
Library Thing
25818
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386327

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