Avenue of Mysteries

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Avenue of Mysteries is a novel by John Irving that intertwines memory and faith as it follows a Mexican man reflecting on his extraordinary childhood and the mysterious forces that shaped his life.

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Avenue of Mysteries canonical 5

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author John Irving ⓘ
centralTheme faith ⓘ
family ⓘ
fate ⓘ
identity ⓘ
memory ⓘ
miracles ⓘ
religion ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
followsWork Last Night in Twisted River ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ
hasCoverArtist Rodrigo Corral ⓘ
hasCriticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
hasISBN 9781451664164 ⓘ
hasLiteraryStyle comic and tragic elements ⓘ
hasMotif Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

aging ⓘ
circus ⓘ
dreams ⓘ
memory and flashbacks ⓘ
orphans ⓘ
travel ⓘ
visions ⓘ
hasNarrativeDevice interweaving past and present ⓘ
hasNotableElement depiction of a dump in Oaxaca ⓘ
exploration of religious doubt ⓘ
focus on a boy who can read minds ⓘ
hasPageCount 480 ⓘ
hasTargetAudience adult readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Juan Diego Guerrero ⓘ
mediaType audiobook ⓘ
e-book ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativeForm third-person narrative ⓘ
narrativeStructure nonlinear timeline ⓘ
originalPublisherImprint Simon & Schuster ⓘ
partOf John Irving bibliography ⓘ
protagonistNationality Mexican ⓘ
protagonistOccupation writer ⓘ
publicationDate 2015-11-03 ⓘ
publisher Simon & Schuster ⓘ
settingLocation Mexico ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ

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John Irving → notableWork → Avenue of Mysteries ⓘ
John Irving → wrote → Avenue of Mysteries ⓘ
John Wallace Blunt Jr. → notableWork → Avenue of Mysteries ⓘ
Juan Diego Guerrero → protagonistOf → Avenue of Mysteries ⓘ
Juan Diego Guerrero → appearsIn → Avenue of Mysteries ⓘ