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

Setting Free the Bears

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

Setting Free the Bears

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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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Pocket
Language
English

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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

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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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Cover of: Setting Free the Bears
Setting Free the Bears
September 3, 1982, Pocket
Paperback in English
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Cover of: Setting Free The Bears
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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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."

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Paperback

ID Numbers

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OL7648244M
ISBN 10
0671465341
ISBN 13
9780671465346
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25818
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2641849

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November 13, 2021 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
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