The Hotel New Hampshire (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Irving
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1940’s to the late 1970’s
- Setting: Maine; Dairy, New Hampshire; Vienna; and New York City
- Principal Characters: John Berry, Winslow Berry, Mary Bates Berry, Bob Berry, Franny Berry, Frank Berry, Lilly Berry, Egg Berry, Freud, Chipper Dove
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Suicide, New York City, 1940’s, New England, Incest, Rape, Death or dying, Hotels, motels, or inns, Terrorism or terrorists, Austria or Austrians, Bears
- Locales: New York, NY, Vienna, Austria, Maine, New Hampshire
The Novel
The Hotel New Hampshire is narrated by John Berry, even though he and his brothers and sisters have not been born, not “even conceived,” when the story begins with the meeting of their parents. Consequently, the events in the first part of the book are retold by John from his parents’ accounts. In fact, John’s own account is more imaginative and titillating than the stories told by his idealistic father and more practical, even prosaic, mother. The events that led to his parents’ union shape their children’s lives and explain why and how they grow...
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