The Roundtable

John Irving: On Adaptation At The Williamstown Film Festival 10/30

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published October 28, 2013 at 10:10 AM EDT
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Novelist John Irvingis known for his legendary novels, The World According to Garp, The Hotel New Hampshire, A Widow for One Year and A Prayer for Owen Meany.

Irving will help kick off this week’s Williamstown Film Festivalwhen he’ll speak with Williams College professor Jim Shepard about Irving’s Oscar-winning adaptation of his novel The Cider House Rules. 

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