Entertaining enough. I am not that big of a fan but did enjoy Cider House Rules and of course Garp. This book is the story of Cider.... being made into a movie. You need to have read the book and seen to movie to fully appreciate this book.

No tenía demasiadas expectativas porque hay libros de Irving que me han encantado como El Hotel New Hampshire y otros que me han quitado las ganas de seguir leyéndolo: El mundo según Garp . Este libro es muy entretenido, es breve y es interesante. Es un raconto de los vaivenes como guionista de la adaptación a cine de Los Príncipes de Maine pero es a la vez un texto general sobre la dificultad de adaptar novelas al cine. Los detalles autobiográficos son curiosos y está plagado de excelente humor. El libro se enfoca en el proceso de guión que tardó muchísimos años y se fue construyendo con diferentes directores, y por tanto no incluye el enorme éxito que tuvo la película una vez estrenada, Tuvo un reparto excelente; Tobey Maguire, Michael Cane, Charlize Theron, Paul Rudd, etc, ,f ue nominada a 7 categorías para el Oscar, Irving ganó la estatuilla por mejor guión adaptado y Michael Cane se llevó la de mejor actor secundario. No leí la novela ni vi la película; de modo que ahora tengo ambas cosas pendientes. Pero esto no disminuyó en absoluto mi disfrute de este libro.

As with all of Irving's work, the interesting stories make the writing more interesting. I read Cinder House Rules when it was first published and saw the movie when it was released. In this book, Irving shares stories of his grandfather and the inspiration for the book.
I enjoyed reading that both he and his son had parts in the movie.

As with Joyce Carol Oates and Margaret Atwood, I will read anything by John Irving. I read these authors as a teenager and have continued to anticipate their next novels.

Decent enough book, focused on John's screenplay of The Cider House Rules, and his involvement in getting the screenplay made into a movie. The author needed a lot of patience on this one, given his 1) lack of control of the process, 2) four different directors for which he rewrote the screenplay dozens if not hundreds of times, and 3) every producer, investor, and caterer had an opinion of the screenplay.

I bought this when it came out in hardcover in 1999. It took me nearly 20 years to read it. I liked it. I enjoyed reading about what went into adapting Irving's novels into films.

I was afraid that this book would be boring, and initially decided to read it only because it was the last John Irving book I had to read in my quest to consume everything he has written. But it was actually very good. Irving writes as delightfully about his own life as he does in his novels. And now I have finally finished all of his books!

Dry.

I must admit that I am a massive John Irving fan. However, this was a very dry memoir.

I knew all of his titles and struggled. I can only imagine how boring it would have Ben for first time Irving readers

Recommended.Irving's books are always translated into film as well as they can be. The Door in the Floor, The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules.Thought provoking and well written.

It definitely helps to have read The Cider House Rules - fortunately I have. Interesting but not earth shattering. Gives some clear insights how a book might go from page to screen

Read this very quickly. I was interested in it more for his discussion of his grandfather's career in obstetrics (and writings pertaining thereto), and the history of abortion in the U.S., and while the discussion there is brief and wanting, it was interesting. The Writer Writing About Writing stuff -- which comprises the book as a whole -- would probably be off-putting to most people, but as a fiction writer I was interested in his (surprisingly non-diva-like, at least for the most part) discussion of how he went about translating the book to the film. Overall, though, not something I'd recommend to many folks, unless they're reeeeally interested in the topics at hand.

He takes himself a bit too seriously, but it's got some fascinating stuff in it.

Interesting viewpoint from an author watching his films be made into movies.