{"product_id":"avenue-of-mysteries-paperback","title":"Avenue of Mysteries - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Irving\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAvenue of Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e, Juan Diego--a fourteen-year-old boy, who was born and grew up in Mexico--has a thirteen-year-old sister. Her name is Lupe, and she thinks she sees what's coming--specifically, her own future and her brother's. Lupe is a mind reader; she doesn't know what everyone is thinking, but she knows what most people are thinking. Regarding what \u003ci\u003ehas\u003c\/i\u003e happened, as opposed to what \u003ci\u003ewill, \u003c\/i\u003e Lupe is usually right about the past; without your telling her, she knows all the worst things that have happened to you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLupe doesn't know the future as accurately. But consider what a terrible burden it is, if you believe you know the future--especially your own future, or, even worse, the future of someone you love. What might a thirteen-year-old girl be driven to do, if she thought she could change the future? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an older man, Juan Diego will take a trip to the Philippines, but what travels with him are his dreams and memories; he is most alive in his childhood and early adolescence in Mexico. As we grow older--most of all, in what we remember and what we dream--we live in the past. Sometimes, we live more vividly in the past than in the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvenue of Mysteries \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of what happens to Juan Diego in the Philippines, where what happened to him in the past--in Mexico--collides with his future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eSetting Free the Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 1980, Mr. Irving won a National Book Award for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel \u003ci\u003eIn One Person\u003c\/i\u003e. An international writer, his novels have been translated into almost forty languages. His all-time bestselling novel, in every language, is \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for Owen Meany\u003c\/i\u003e. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, John Irving lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44307999850598,"sku":"9781451664171","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NG5qVGc4alBWR1NHdTFubTFiOVBHQT09.webp?v=1767772533","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/avenue-of-mysteries-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}