The Resource The world according to Garp, John Irving
The world according to Garp, John Irving
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The item The world according to Garp, John Irving represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- Irving's novel opens in Boston, 1942, with the introduction of T.S. Garp's mother, Jenny Fields. Jenny is an independent woman ahead of the times. She quits college to become a nurse when she decides that higher education for women is meant to groom them for marriage. Jenny has little tolerance for the behavior of men, as demonstrated by the incident that opens the book. A soldier in a movie theater attempts to fondle Jenny. She uses a scalpel she carries in her purse to slice his arm from shoulder to wrist. She is perturbed when the authorities, as well as her own brothers, suggest that she has some kind of relationship with the man. She is released when it is discovered that the man has a wife and child in New York. The incident, along with the treatment she receives from her wealthy family, reinforces her beliefs about men, ... This is the life and times of T.S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields, a feminist leader ahead of her time. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes, even of sexual assassinations. It is a novel rich with lunacy and sorrow, yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both ribald and robust
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The world according to Garp
- Title
- The world according to Garp
- Statement of responsibility
- John Irving
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Irving's novel opens in Boston, 1942, with the introduction of T.S. Garp's mother, Jenny Fields. Jenny is an independent woman ahead of the times. She quits college to become a nurse when she decides that higher education for women is meant to groom them for marriage. Jenny has little tolerance for the behavior of men, as demonstrated by the incident that opens the book. A soldier in a movie theater attempts to fondle Jenny. She uses a scalpel she carries in her purse to slice his arm from shoulder to wrist. She is perturbed when the authorities, as well as her own brothers, suggest that she has some kind of relationship with the man. She is released when it is discovered that the man has a wife and child in New York. The incident, along with the treatment she receives from her wealthy family, reinforces her beliefs about men, ... This is the life and times of T.S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields, a feminist leader ahead of her time. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes, even of sexual assassinations. It is a novel rich with lunacy and sorrow, yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both ribald and robust
- Cataloging source
- BNB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Irving, John
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- Mothers and sons
- Women
- Feminists
- Label
- The world according to Garp, John Irving
- Bibliography note
- Originally published: London : Gollancz, 1978
- Control code
- 000004872407
- Dimensions
- 20cm.
- Extent
- 591 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780552992053
- Isbn Type
- (pbk)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)59203246
- Label
- The world according to Garp, John Irving
- Bibliography note
- Originally published: London : Gollancz, 1978
- Control code
- 000004872407
- Dimensions
- 20cm.
- Extent
- 591 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780552992053
- Isbn Type
- (pbk)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)59203246
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