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John Irving - A Widow for One Year - 9780552997966 - KAK0010601
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A Widow for One Year

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Description for A Widow for One Year Paperback. 'One night when she was four and sleeping in the bottom bunk of her bunk bed, Ruth Cole awoke to the sound of lovemaking - it was coming from her parents' bedroom'. This title tells the story of Ruth Cole. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 446. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear

'One night when she was four and sleeping in the bottom bunk of her bunk bed, Ruth Cole awoke to the sound of lovemaking - it was coming from her parents' bedroom.'

This is the story of Ruth Cole. It is told in three parts: on Long Island, in the summer of 1958, when she is only four; in 1990, when she is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career; and in the autumn of 1995, when Ruth Cole is a forty-one-year-old widow and mother. She's also about to fall in ... Read more

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552997966
SKU
KAK0010601
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About John Irving
John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times - winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for the short story 'Interior Space'. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling ... Read more

Reviews for A Widow for One Year
Wickedly knowing, mischievously post-modern and magical realist along the lines of Gunter Grass, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Robertson Davies
Time Out
Gripping, full of horror and humour
Literary Review
A compelling chronicle of love and loss... His most intricate and fully imagined novel
San Francisco Chronicle
Irving's storytelling has never been better
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Goodreads reviews for A Widow for One Year


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