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The 158-Pound Marriage (Ballantine Reader's Circle) [SIGNED COPY]
by Irving, John
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No dust Jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0345417968
- ISBN 13
- 9780345417961
- Seller
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About This Item
Ballantine Books, 1997. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No dust Jacket as issued. Near fine, no dust jacket as issued. SIGNED by the author on the title page (signature only). 1st paperback edition, 5th printing. Fine except for some toning to the pageblock and minor wrinkling to the 'Also by John Irving' page. 'Autographed Copy' sticker. By the National Book Award-, Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service-, Guggenheim Fellowship-, Satellite Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted-, and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay-winning author of 'The World According to Garp' and 'The Cider House Rules'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. .
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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- Title
- The 158-Pound Marriage (Ballantine Reader's Circle) [SIGNED COPY]
- Author
- Irving, John
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No dust Jacket as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 5th or later Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0345417968
- ISBN 13
- 9780345417961
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 176
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