- Publisher: Weidenfeld
- Year: 2019
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 538pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 196x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.4kg
- ISBN: 9781474614405
- Product code: 538670
The World According To Garp
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‘This forty-year-old novel isn’t out-of-date, but it should be,’ John Irving declares in his introduction to this edition. Through the life of aspiring writer Garp, always in the shadow of his feminist icon mother whose world draws in a troubled community, the narrative tackles themes of sexual identity, discrimination and suppression. 1980 National Book Award Winner.
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A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers.
'A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and heartbreaking...terrific' WASHINGTON POST
Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author.
A worldwide bestseller since its publication, Irving's classic is filled with stories inside stories about the life and times of T. S. Garp, struggling writer and illegitimate son of Jenny Fields - an unlikely feminist heroine ahead of her time.
Beautifully written, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP is a powerfully compelling and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of the most imaginative writers of his generation.
'A diamond sleeping in the dark, chipped out at last for our enrichment and delight...As approachable as it is brilliant' COSMOPOLITAN
'A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and heartbreaking...terrific' WASHINGTON POST
Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author.
A worldwide bestseller since its publication, Irving's classic is filled with stories inside stories about the life and times of T. S. Garp, struggling writer and illegitimate son of Jenny Fields - an unlikely feminist heroine ahead of her time.
Beautifully written, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP is a powerfully compelling and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of the most imaginative writers of his generation.
'A diamond sleeping in the dark, chipped out at last for our enrichment and delight...As approachable as it is brilliant' COSMOPOLITAN
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