{"product_id":"setting-free-the-bears-9780345417985","title":"Setting Free the Bears","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Truly remarkable . . . encompasses the longings and agonies of youth . . . a complex and moving novel.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Astonishing . . . a writer of uncommon imaginative power. Whatever  John Irving] writes, it will be worth reading.\"--\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1967. Two Viennese university students, Siggy and Hannes, roam the Austrian countryside on their motorcycles--on a quest: to liberate the bears of the Vienna Zoo. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences in this first novel from John Irving, already a master storyteller at twenty-five years old. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Imagine a mixture of Till Eulenspiegel and Ken Kesey . . . and you've got the range of the merry pranksters who hot rod through Mr. Irving's book . . . tossing flowers, stealing salt shakers, and planning the biggest caper of their young lives.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345417985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.54w x 0.78d","brand":"John Irving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43378216403125,"sku":"9780345417985","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b25724cf-1cce-4e23-afd6-e1ba5598ba82.jpg?v=1701751470","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/setting-free-the-bears-9780345417985","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}