![]() ![]() ![]() The novel first published in the 1970s was very apt for the times. Humor and tragedy side by side as in life. Irving has such a gift for capturing the irreverent, awkward, and eccentric in every day moments through characters not afraid to ask lifes tough questions. In more than thirty languages, in more than forty countries-with more than ten million copies in print- Garp is the precursor of John Irving's later protest novels. Winner of the National Book Award, Garp is a comedy with forebodings of doom. The subject of sexual hatred-of intolerance of sexual minorities and differences-runs the gamut of "lunacy and sorrow." Her son, Garp, is less beloved, but no less polarizing.įrom the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly funny last line - "we are all terminal cases" - The World According to Garp maintains a breakneck pace. "Garp's mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater." Jenny is an unmarried nurse she becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing. The opening sentence of John Irving's breakout novel, The World According to Garp, signals the start of sexual violence, which becomes increasingly political. He is a Populist, determined to keep alive the Dickensian tradition that revels in colorful set pieces.and teaches moral lessons." ( The New York Times) ![]() A special 40th anniversary edition of the bestselling coming-of-age classic novel by John Irving, with a new introduction by the author. ![]()
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