About this title: A collection of six short stories from the author of "The World According to Garp", "The Hotel New Hampshire", "The Cider House Rules" and "A Prayer for Owen Meaney".
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Edition: First edition. Us ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781559703239ISBN:1559703237
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Date Published: 1996-02-14
ISBN-13:9781559703239ISBN:1559703237
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG, no tears or chips to the DJ, inscription on endpaper else interior clean and bright, binding tight. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781559703239ISBN:1559703237
Description: Good in Good jacket. 42-V-Add Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781559703239ISBN:1559703237
Description: Good. 97-W Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
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"Elles sont sept, ces nouvelles réunies pour la première fois en un volume, contrepoint à une oeuvre romanesque foisonnante.
Pour sa plus grande joie, le lecteur y retrouvera ce qu'il connaît : la satire du conformisme, l'imagination débridée, le goût du burlesque, les tabous joyeusement pourfendus - cette vitalité hors du commun qui permet à l'auteur de passer indemne par-dessus les gouffres de ses obsessions.
Mais certains y découvriront aussi, parfois, le récit à mi-voix, la description en demi-teinte, la profondeur et l'humanité du propos qui font ici d'Irving un nouvelliste à l'égal de Katherine Mansfield ou du Joyce des Dublinois."
"Picked this one up at the Library and started reading it only to realize I had read it a few years back. It was enjoyable enough to get me to read a few more of Irving's books."
"This is really three books -- 1)a set of autobiograpical memoirs, 2)a set of short stories, and 3) Irving's analysis of Charles Dickens and Gunter Grass. The first two parts get five-stars, the third section is, of course, a little drier given the subject matter.
The short stories are all very interesting and very diverse. My particular favorite is "The Pension Grillparzer", which I liked much more the second time I read it. A good friend assured me that I'd like it if I gave it another chance. Thanks, you were right.
The author's notes on each story are also interesting."
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