A Widow for One Year

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• Garp carp

  Realism gives John Irving a good name: he is lucky to hitch his wagon to it. Since The World According To Garp (1978), Irving has been praised for the 'realism' of his novels - for their tossed plots, for the fat suffusions of these big books, for th ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sun, 26 Sep 2010

• A Widow for One Year

  by John Irving “My novels aren’t ideas...I begin with the characters, which leads me to the problems that the characters are prone to have, which yields a story – every time.” The speaker here is Ruth Cole, one of the protagonists of John Irving’s A ... (read full critics)

  quillandquire published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

2 Reviews

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  My first introduction to John Irving, loved his works ever since..

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  Hm...guess it's just not my cup of tea, and far too...erotic.

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• English Books
• Paperback 672 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0552146684
• ISBN-13: 9780552146685
• Publisher: Corgi Adult
• Pub date: May 01, 1999
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Leather Bound, Unbound, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 和書, Norske Bøker

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• NY Times Notable Book Club (481)

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