ガープの世界 上

ガープの世界 #1

by John Irving, ジョン アーヴィング, 筒井 正明 (Translator)

看護婦ジェニーは重体の兵士と「欲望」抜きのセックスをして子供を作った。子供の名はT・S・ガープ。やがて成長したガープは、ふとしたきっかけで作家を志す。文章修業のため母ジェニーと赴いたウィーンで、ガープは小説の、母は自伝の執筆に励む。帰国後、ジェニーが書いた『性の容疑者』はベストセラーとなるのだが―。現代アメリカ文学の輝ける旗手アーヴィングの自伝的長編。

374 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1985

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

[Hitomi · Rating 5 out of 5]

40年前の本なので、言葉遣いも40年前で、なかなかタイムスリップな雰囲気で読めて面白いです。昔から結構グロいんですね。親と同じ年くらいですね。。。ずっと元気でいてほしいです。