![]() ![]() In more than thirty languages, in more than forty countries–with more than ten million copies in print– Garp is the precursor of John Irving’s later protest novels. The subject of sexual hatred–of intolerance of sexual minorities and differences–runs the gamut of “lunacy and sorrow.” Winner of the National Book Award, Garp is a comedy with forebodings of doom. Her son, Garp, is less beloved, but no less polarizing.įrom the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly funny last line–“we are all terminal cases”– The World According to Garp maintains a breakneck pace. ![]() “Garp’s mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater.” Jenny is an unmarried nurse she becomes a single mom and a feminist leader, beloved but polarizing. BOSTON MERCY Garps mother Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater. Garp, novelist and bastard son The World According to Garp virtually defies synopsis. The opening sentence of John Irving’s breakout novel, The World According to Garp, signals the start of sexual violence, which becomes increasingly political. A worldwide bestseller since its publication in 1978, Irvings classic is filled with stories inside stories about the life and times of T. He is a Populist, determined to keep alive the Dickensian tradition that revels in colorful set pieces…and teaches moral lessons.”– The New York Times ![]() ![]() In the world according to Shmoop, The World According to Garp is a pretty big deal. The bestselling coming-of-age classic novel by John Irving–now in a limited 40th anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author. The World According to Garp Introduction. ![]()
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