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| The number one bestselling author gives readers a new novel about a family marked by tragedy and the "difficult" women who survive. Both ribald and erotic, "A Widow for One Year" is also a brilliant, multi-layered work about the passage of time and the relentlessness of grief. |
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Key Information
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| Authors: |
John Irving |
| Fiction Subgenre: |
Death · Grief · Bereavement |
| Fiction Genre: |
Family & Relationships |
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Professional Reviews
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Kirkus: "Irving's latest LBM (Loose Baggy Monster, that is), which portrays with seriocomic gusto the literary life and its impact on both writers and their families, is simultaneously one of this most intriguing books and one of his most self-indulgent and flaccid.", Literary Review: "'A Widow for One Year', like all Irving books, is gripping and terrifying, full of horror and humour....[I]t is better than anything many contemporary writers will produce in a lifetime....the book is hard to put down, and will split your gut with laughter, and also with pain.", Los Angeles Times Book Review: "Reestablishes John Irving as a premier storyteller, master of the tragicomic and among the first rank of contemporary novelists.", Nation: "In Ruth, Irving captures the whole yuppie ZEITGEIST--the search for commitment AND adventure, meaning AND success. To be marked by love and loss and transform the pain into compelling, bestselling novels...could Ruth Cole (or John Irving) ask for more?, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review: "By turns antic and moving, lusty and tragic, 'A Widow for One Year' is bursting with memorable moments.", Times Literary Supplement: "Irving's narrative dexterity is admirable, but eventually I yearned for the grip to slacken; by the final (1995) section, as every loose end is meticulously folded away, I was increasingly irritated by his enthusiastic telegraphing of punches. He uses flashbacks and flashes forward with equal zest, but these devices have different ontological status." |
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Book Editions
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- Audio - Audio Cassette
- Unabridged
- September 01, 1998
- Recorded Books
- 9780788720215
, - Audio - Compact Disc
- Unabridged
- July 12, 2005
- Random House
- 6"(h) x 5"(w) x 2"(d), 1.2 lbs.
- 9780739320914
, - Hardcover
- 537
- May 01, 2003
- Modern Library
- 8.25"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.4 lbs.
- 9780812968576
, - Paperback
- April 01, 1999
- Ballantine Books
- 7"(h) x 4.25"(w) x 1"(d), 0.64 lbs.
- 9780345432834
, - Paperback
- Reissue
- 592
- November 01, 2001
- Fawcett Books
- 7"(h) x 3.75"(w) x 1.5"(d), 0.65 lbs.
- 9780345434791
, - Paperback
- Reprint
- 560
- April 01, 1999
- Ballantine Books
- 8.5"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 1"(d), 1 lbs.
- 9780345424716
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First Line
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| Publisher's Note: |
One night when she was four and sleeping in the bottom bunk of her bunk bed, Ruth Cole woke to the sound of lovemaking--it was coming from her parents' bedroom. It was a totally unfamiliar sound to her. Ruth had recently been ill with a stomach flu; when she first heard her mother making love, Ruth thought that her mother was throwing up. |
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