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The World According to Garp

by John Irving
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp

Compelling coming-of-age; humor meets tragedy.

"The World According to Garp" isn't just a journey through T.S. Garp's unconventional life, it's an exploration of the human experience with all its absurdity and poignancy. Irving has a knack for blending the comic with the tragic in a way that captures the heart of what it means to be alive. There's a reason it's a classic – it's a book that manages to be both entertaining and deeply moving, a rich tapestry that weaves together various strands of life. If you're in for an emotional and intellectual investment, this might just be your next great read.

  • National Book Award for Fiction (Paperback) (1980)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1978)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1979)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The World According to Garp

by John Irving
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ISBN: 9781474614405
Authors: John Irving
Publisher: New York: Dutton, 1978
Date of Publication: 2019-11-28
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Feminism, Literature, Classics, Literary Criticism
Goodreads rating: 4.11
(rated by 237707 readers)

Description

This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields--a feminist leader ahead of her times. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes--even of sexual assassinations. It is a novel rich with "lunacy and sorrow"; yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both ribald and robust. In more than thirty languages, in more than forty countries--with more than ten million copies in print--this novel provides almost cheerful, even hilarious evidence of its famous last line: "In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases." The World According to Garp is a comic and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of the most imaginative writers of his generation.
 

Compelling coming-of-age; humor meets tragedy.

"The World According to Garp" isn't just a journey through T.S. Garp's unconventional life, it's an exploration of the human experience with all its absurdity and poignancy. Irving has a knack for blending the comic with the tragic in a way that captures the heart of what it means to be alive. There's a reason it's a classic – it's a book that manages to be both entertaining and deeply moving, a rich tapestry that weaves together various strands of life. If you're in for an emotional and intellectual investment, this might just be your next great read.

  • National Book Award for Fiction (Paperback) (1980)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1978)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1979)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.