158-Pound Marriage by John Irving (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345417968
ISBN-139780345417961
eBay Product ID (ePID)1008635

Product Key Features

Book Title158-lb. Marriage
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicFamily Life, Romance / Contemporary, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorJohn Irving
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"One of the most remarkable things about John Irving's first three novels, viewed from the vantage of The World According to Garp , is that they can be read as one extended fictional enterprise. . . . The 158-Pound Marriage is as lean and concentrated as a mine shaft." -Terrence Des Pres "Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications." - The Washington Post, "One of the most remarkable things about John Irving's first three novels, viewed from the vantage ofThe World According to Garp, is that they can be read as one extended fictional enterprise. . . .The 158-Pound Marriageis as lean and concentrated as a mine shaft." -Terrence Des Pres "Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications." -The Washington Post, "One of the most remarkable things about John Irving's first three novels, viewed from the vantage of The World According to Garp, is that they can be read as one extended fictional enterprise. . . . The 158-Pound Marriage is as lean and concentrated as a mine shaft." -Terrence Des Pres "Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications." -The Washington Post
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Synopsis"Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications."-- The Washington Post The darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this sensual, ironic tale about a m nage a quatre in a New England university town foreshadow those of The World According to Garp ; but this very trim and precise novel is a marked departure from the author's generally robust, boisterous style. Though Mr. Irving's cool eye spares none of his foursome, he writes with genuine compassion for the sexual tests and illusions they perpetrate on each other; but the sexual intrigue between them demonstrates how even the kind can be ungenerous, and even the well-intentioned, destructive. "One of the most remarkable things about John Irving's first three novels, viewed from the vantage of The World According to Garp, is that they can be read as one extended fictional enterprise. . . . The 158-Pound Marriage is as lean and concentrated as a mine shaft."--Terrence Des Pres "Deft, hard-hitting . . . What Irving demonstrates beautifully is that a one-to-one relationship is more demanding than a free-for-all."-- The New York Times Book Review, "Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications."-- The Washington Post The darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this sensual, ironic tale about a ménage a quatre in a New England university town foreshadow those of The World According to Garp ; but this very trim and precise novel is a marked departure from the author's generally robust, boisterous style. Though Mr. Irving's cool eye spares none of his foursome, he writes with genuine compassion for the sexual tests and illusions they perpetrate on each other; but the sexual intrigue between them demonstrates how even the kind can be ungenerous, and even the well-intentioned, destructive. "One of the most remarkable things about John Irving's first three novels, viewed from the vantage of The World According to Garp, is that they can be read as one extended fictional enterprise. . . . The 158-Pound Marriage is as lean and concentrated as a mine shaft."--Terrence Des Pres "Deft, hard-hitting . . . What Irving demonstrates beautifully is that a one-to-one relationship is more demanding than a free-for-all."-- The New York Times Book Review
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