by John Irving · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483100950
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«Una mujer difícil» is the contemporary novel by John Irving, published by Tusquets Editores in paperback (576 pages, in Spanish).
As a child, Ruth Cole loses two brothers, and her mother, Marion, leaves home in 1958 after an affair with a teenager. Ruth grows up with her father in a relationship of affection and competition. As an adult she becomes a renowned writer, but her life takes a turn with marriage, widowhood and a first love, just as Marion reappears.
Originally published as A Widow for One Year in 1998; translation by Jordi Fibla; no. 369 in the Andanzas collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction and book clubs, interested in family portraits, romance and complex characters.
John Winslow Irving is an American and Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
