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Trying to Save Piggy Sneed, John Irving
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1997
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- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- John Irving
- Verlag
- Ballantine Books
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1997
- Einband
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0345404742
- ISBN13
- 9780345404749
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Wahre Geschichten, Gegenwartsliteratur, Klassiker, Liebe, Kurzgeschichten, USA, Meinungsjournalismus, Amerikanische Literatur, Tod, Geschichten, Sexualität & Intimität, Ausgewählte Werke, Träume, Scheidung, Abhandlung
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 1996
- Originaltitel
- Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
- Bewertung
- 3,4 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- A collection of one dozen short works includes the title piece, a loving portrait of the author's grandmother, and additional stories, including "The Pension Grillparzer" and "Dinner at the White House"Here is a treat for John Irving addicts and a perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. To open this spirited collection, Irving explains how he became a writer. There follow six scintillating stories written over the last twenty years ending with a homage to Charles Dickens. This irresistible collection cannot fail to delight and charm.The first collection of short pieces--two of them previously unpublished--by the author of The World According to Garp includes memoirs, six short stories, and essays on Charles Dickens and Gu+a5nter Grass. Reprint. Tour.This gem, a delightful collection of shorter works, both fiction and nonfiction, written by one of the country's finest--and funniest--writers, includes a living portrait of Irving's grandmother, a new, never-before-published essay, six scintillating short stories--including the O. Henry Award-winning "Interior Space"--and two essays on Irving's favorite 19th-century novelist, Charles Dickens. Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is John Irving at the top of his form.