Le Monde selon Garp ; L'Hôtel New Hampshire ; Un enfant de la balle

by John Irving

1987 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published October 12, 2002

About the author

JOHN IRVING was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven.
Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. He received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for his short story “Interior Space.” In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person.
An international writer—his novels have been translated into more than thirty-five languages—John Irving lives in Toronto. His all-time best-selling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Avenue of Mysteries is his fourteenth novel.

Reviews

[Helenezb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incroyable livre que ce monde selon Garp. Vivant, bazardeux, drole, dramatique, léger, sérieux. Une lecture très différente de celle que j'ai eu ado. Etonnant M. Irving. Il donne envi de le connaître alors qu'il n'arrête pas de s'en défendre dans son livre.