A Widow For One Year
A Widow For One Year
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Published:
1 June, 1999
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Description
'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 love for the first time...
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780552997966 |
| ISBN10 | 055299796X |
| Number Of Pages | 656 |
| Item Weight | 442 g |
| Product Dimensions | 127 x 197 x 40 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
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 * New York Times *
His best since Garp * Time *
Irving's most entertaining and persuasive novel since The World According to Garp * The New York Times *
A joy to read * Evening Standard *
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Author's Bio
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 Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules - a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent novel is Last Night in Twisted River.