by Winston Groom · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440655394
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«Forrest Gump» is the novel by Winston Groom, published by Ediciones B in paperback (335 pages, in Spanish).
Forrest Gump, a man of naive appearance, narrates his wild life: college football star, Vietnam hero, ping-pong player, wrestler, astronaut and tycoon. His memoirs span three decades of American culture, with encounters with presidents and a constant love, Jenny, who brings emotion to the comedy.
First instalment of the Forrest Gump saga; the work was adapted into a film.
Readers of fiction, humour and historical drama; also of interest to those wanting to know the novel on which the film is based.
Winston Francis Groom Jr. was an American author. He is best known for his best-selling novel Forrest Gump (1986), which became a 1990s cultural phenomenon after being adapted as the film of the same name directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. After the film was released, gaining a high box office and winning numerous awards, Groom's novel sold more than one million copies worldwide. Groom wrote a sequel, Gump & Co., published in 1995. His last novel was El Paso (2016).
