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The 158-Pound Marriage
by Irving, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0394484142
- ISBN 13
- 9780394484143
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 1974, First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Very small stain tot he edge of the fly leaf; mild foxing to the top and foredge of the text-block; otherwise a square, sharp, clean copy. The DJ with minimal edgewear; two faint stains to the top edge of the rear panel. The author's third novel.
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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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0084326
- Title
- The 158-Pound Marriage
- Author
- Irving, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394484142
- ISBN 13
- 9780394484143
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
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