Product Information
A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love - tormented, funny, and affecting - and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences.Product Identifiers
PublisherBlack Swan, Transworld LTD
ISBN-100552778451
ISBN-139780552778459
eBay Product ID (ePID)238774173
Product Key Features
AuthorJohn Irving
FormatA-Format Paperback, Paperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral Fiction
GenreGeneral & Literary Fiction
Dimensions
Item Width37 mm, 110 mm
Item Weight328 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureLondon, United Kingdom
Date of Publication01/03/2013
Pagination624
Author BiographyTHE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, which won the National Book Award in 1980, was John Irving's fourth novel and his first international bestseller; it also became a George Roy Hill film.Tony Richardson wrote and directed the adaptation for the screen of The Hotel New Hampshire (1984).Irving's novels are now translated into thirty-five foreign languages, and he has had nine international bestsellers.Worldwide, the Irving novel most often called an American classic is A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)-the portrayal of an enduring friendship at that time when the Vietnam War had its most divisive effect on the United States. In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.(He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, until he was thirty-four, and coached the sport until he was forty-seven.)In 2000, Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules-a Lasse Hallstrom film with seven Academy Award nominations.Tod Williams wrote and directed The Door in the Floor-the 2004 film adapted from Mr. Irving's ninth novel, A Widow for One Year. In One Person is John Irving's thirteenth novel.