The World According to Garp
A Novel
It's the novel that made author John Irving a household name -- and launched his consistently bestselling career as one of the world's most beloved storytellers. Now, The World According To GARP takes its place among the distinguished titles of the Ballantine Readers Circle.This is the life and times of T.S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields -- a feminist leader ahead of her times. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes -- even of sexual assassinations. It is a novel rich with lunacy and sorrow; yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both r…
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- ISBN: 978-0-345-41801-2
- EAN: 9780345418012
- Produktnummer: 9581602
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 528 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.4 cm x D3.2 cm 374 g
- Gewicht: 374
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John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times-winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules-a film with seven Academy Award nominations.
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