by John Irving · Maxi-Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483835180
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«El mundo según Garp» is the novel by John Irving, published by Maxi-Tusquets in paperback (688 pages, in Spanish).
Garp is the son of Jenny Fields, a young woman from a well-to-do Boston family who, after a scandal, decides to live life on her own terms and raises him in an unconventional environment. The novel follows Garp's life as a writer and his relationship with his mother, in a world of his own populated by eccentric characters, comic situations, and the shadow of the Undertoad.
Translation by Iris Menéndez; part of the Maxi collection from Tusquets. This Spanish edition is from 2008; the original novel appeared in English in 1978 and received the National Book Award in 1980.
Readers of literary fiction and humour looking for a classic of contemporary American narrative.
John Winslow Irving is an American and Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
