Tracy Memorial Library Reading Resources

A PAGE DEEPER

Last Night In Twisted River by John Irving

John Irving's latest book is about a cook, his son, his son's son and the son-of-a-gun logger; a rose dancing on the river's black ice; a mean law-less lawman; the high in the skylady; pizza from way down in the North End, and a vigil up over the border into Toronto and across the border into Vermont. There's the bear and a frying pan and the logging town that burned up and was blown away, and still was the site for a bloody ending.

It's hard for the reader to follow the main character back and forth through varying time frames and different settings. Towards the end of the story, the author reflects upon himself and his writing techniques as though he were the main character. Exeter is still the school; and the left hand is not the right hand, and all the strangely compelling pathos and complexities of the story are well worth the slight foundering necessary to finish the book. Order your pizza and prepare to enjoy another helping of Irving's prosaic imagination.

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Websites for Readers

Novelist

Novelist
A reader's advisory service that provides information and resources on over 100,000 titles, 75,000 full-text reviews, and more than 36,000 subject headings to help locate the best in fiction. Access to this database is provided by NH State Library and requires a username and password. Please call, email, or visit the library and we'll be happy to provide the information you need to use this resource. You may also make an appointment to have a librarian teach you how to use Novelist.

Literary Awards

International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award
An annual international award based on literary merit. Books are nominated, a short list is created and one winner is selected.
The Pulitzer Prizes Fiction and nonfiction winners make great choices for book discussions
The Booker Prize This annual award is chosen from publisher-nominated books. All entries must be full length novels written in English by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan or South Africa.
National Book Award Awarded to an American author for a book published in the current year. The award is given in October during National Book Month.

NH Authors

The New Hampshire State Library provides a list of New Hampshire authors, both living and dead. The list includes individuals born in NH, as well as NH transplants.

NH Center for the Book

The Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library was established to celebrate and promote reading, books, literacy, and the literary heritage of New Hampshire and to highlight the role that reading and libraries play in enriching the lives of the people of the Granite State.

Tracy Memorial Library

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The Staff and volunteers at Tracy Memorial Library are always happy to assist you in selecting something to read, please ask for our help or consult the print and electronic materials described below

Websites for Readers

Novelist

Literary Awards

NH Authors

NH Center for the Book