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The 158-Pound Marriage
de Irving, John
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/very near Fine
- Librería
-
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Random House [1974], 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [12], 4-245, [1] pp. Quarter green cloth over green paper boards with green and copper lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 003b. Irving's third book, and a sharp copy at that. A strange, stark novel concerning swingers with a unique world-view. A tiny push and light foxing to the top textblock; jacket has a touch of toning on its flaps and rear panel.
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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- Librería
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000013069
- Título
- The 158-Pound Marriage
- Autor
- Irving, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- very near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Random House [1974]
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1974
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