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The 158-Pound Marriage
by Irving, John
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0552992089
- ISBN 13
- 9780552992084
- Seller
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About This Item
Transworld Publishers Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Synopsis
The 158-Pound Marriage, author John Irving's third published novel, revolves around an unidentified narrator, a college professor, and a mediocre novelist. The narrator met his wife Utch, an orphaned survivor of WWII, in Vienna while doing research. They are a relatively happy couple; their family rounded out by two children. At a faculty party, they meet Severin Winter, a Viennese-born professor and coach of the college wrestling team, and his wife, Edith. The couple's interests (Edith is an aspiring fiction writer, and Severin has a commonality with Utch's upbringing in Austria) and resulting infatuations between the couples lead to after-dinner partner-swapping. At first, the swinging goes smoothly, but eventually, uneven feelings and obsessions throw the couples off track. The title, The 158-Pound Marriage , refers to the 158-pound weight class in wrestling, which Severin, the coach, feels is the most competitive. The book is small, only 176 pages, compared to Irving's later weighty tomes, like the 610 page The World According to Garp ( 1978) and The Cider House Rules (1985), which is 973 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41162244-75
- Title
- The 158-Pound Marriage
- Author
- Irving, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0552992089
- ISBN 13
- 9780552992084
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- July 1, 1986
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