Here is a treat for John Irving addicts and a perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. In his spirited opening piece, Irving explains how he became a writer:
'A fiction writer's memory is an especially imperfect provider of detail; we can always imagine a better detail than the one we can remember. The correct detail is rarely exactly what happened; the most truthful detail is what could have happened, or what should have...Being a writer is a strenuous marriage between careful observation and just as carefully imagining the truths you haven't had the opportunity to see. The rest is the necessary strict toiling with the language...'
'With that in mind I think that I have become a writer because of my grandmother's good manners and - more specifically - because of a retarded garbage collector to whom my grandmother was always polite and kind.'
There follows six scintillating stories written over the past twenty years, including The Pension Grillparzer, previously only to be found inside The World According To Garp, and now given its first independent airing. The collection ends with a homage to Charles Dickens, of which the Sunday Telegraph said, 'so rousingly old-fashioned, so intelligent, so heart-felt, so politically incorrect and so correct in every way that matters, that it makes you want to dance naked through the streets brandishing a copy of Great Expectations.'
Here is a treat for John Irving addicts and a perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. To open this spirited collection, Irving explains how he became a writer. There follow six scintillating stories written over the last twenty years ending with a homage to Charles Dickens. This irresistible collection cannot fail to delight and charm.
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Hardback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR003577507
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Vendeur : Second Site Books, Chicago, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. This is Irving's only collection of "short work." The memoir The Imaginary Girlfriend covers the same ground as most of his novels but is still must read for Irving fans. The title memoir is also fantastic, though I have my doubts about how factual it is. His memoir about having dinner with President Reagan is hilarious. N° de réf. du vendeur 003064
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Vendeur : Theoria Books, Andover, MA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. 184pp. First published 1993; this copy, stated: "This edition published 1995" with no number line or printings cited. Black cloth with brilliant gilt lettering and design elements on spine. Light yellow dustwrapper not price-clipped ([BPS] 9.95 net), with patterned red lines connecting vertical two-tone discs in background for lighter yellow author name and title box at middle front cover; slight rubbing wear at top two corners and in thin line across top spine end, only hint of ruffling across top edges due to dw riding too high. Binding tight, corners sharp, No rubbing wear (dw did its job), No previous owner names. Clean text. N° de réf. du vendeur 001279
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