Novel the world according to garp5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Available in more than forty countries-with more than ten million copies in print- Garp is a comedy with forebodings of doom. The subject of sexual hatred and violence-of intolerance of sexual minorities, and sexual differences-runs through the book, as relevant now as ever. The precursor of Irving’s later protest novels, it is the story of Jenny, an unmarried nurse who becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing-and of her son, Garp, less beloved, but no less polarizing.įrom the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly funny last line-“we are all terminal cases”- The World According to Garp maintains a breakneck pace. This film was made and released four years after the novel of the same name by John Irving was first published in 1978. Powerful and political, with unforgettable characters and timeless themes, The World According to Garp is John Irving’s breakout novel. full of energy and art, at once funny and horrifying and heartbreaking.” - Washington Post The precursor of Irving’s later protest novels, it is the story of Jenny, an unmarried nurse who becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizingand of her son, Garp, less beloved, but. ![]() “Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it.” - The New Republic Powerful and political, with unforgettable characters and timeless themes, The World According to Garp is John Irving’s breakout novel. ![]()
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