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The 158-Pound Marriage (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
de Irving, John
- Usado
- Estado
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345417968
- ISBN 13
- 9780345417961
- Librería
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Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Ballantine Books. Used - Good. A sound copy with only light wear. Overall a solid copy at a great price!
Sinopsis
The 158-Pound Marriage, author John Irving's third published novel, revolves around an unidentified narrator, a college professor, and a mediocre novelist. The narrator met his wife Utch, an orphaned survivor of WWII, in Vienna while doing research. They are a relatively happy couple; their family rounded out by two children. At a faculty party, they meet Severin Winter, a Viennese-born professor and coach of the college wrestling team, and his wife, Edith. The couple's interests (Edith is an aspiring fiction writer, and Severin has a commonality with Utch's upbringing in Austria) and resulting infatuations between the couples lead to after-dinner partner-swapping. At first, the swinging goes smoothly, but eventually, uneven feelings and obsessions throw the couples off track. The title, The 158-Pound Marriage , refers to the 158-pound weight class in wrestling, which Severin, the coach, feels is the most competitive. The book is small, only 176 pages, compared to Irving's later weighty tomes, like the 610 page The World According to Garp ( 1978) and The Cider House Rules (1985), which is 973 pages.
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Detalles
- Librería
- More Than Words Inc.
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- WAL-H-4c-002205
- Título
- The 158-Pound Marriage (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
- Autor
- Irving, John
- Estado del libro
- Used - Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0345417968
- ISBN 13
- 9780345417961
- Editorial
- Ballantine Books
- Lugar de publicación
- U.s.a
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- June 23, 1997
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
More Than Words Inc.
Miembro de Biblio desde 2016
Waltham, Massachusetts
Sobre More Than Words Inc.
More Than Words empowers youth who are in foster care, court-involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. MTW believes that when system-involved youth are challenged with authentic and increasing responsibilities in a business setting, and are given high expectations and a culture of support, they can and will address personal barriers to success, create concrete action plans for their lives, and become contributing members of society. More Than Words began as an online bookselling training program for youth in DCF custody in 2004 and opened its vibrant bookstore on Moody St in Waltham in 2005 and added its Starbucks coffee bar in 2008. MTW replicated its model in the South End of Boston in 2011, thereby doubling the number of youth served annually.
