Setting Free the Bears (Black Swan)

Name: Setting Free the Bears (Black Swan)
Author: John Irving

by John Irving · 1969

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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.

American fiction (fictional works by one author)Young menFictionZoo animalsHistoryHistorical reenactmentsFiction in EnglishBlack humor (Literature)Jeunes hommesRomans, nouvellesAnimaux de jardin zoologiqueHistoire