ガープの世界 下

ガープの世界 #2

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

結婚したガープは3編の小説を発表し幸福な毎日を送るが、妻ヘレンの浮気に端を発した自動車事故で1人の子供を喪い、ガープ夫妻も重傷を負う。女性に対する暴力をテーマに、傷ついた心と体を癒しつつ書いた小説は全米にセンセーションを巻き起こした。一躍ベストセラー作家となったガープは悲劇的結末への道を歩み出していた―。現代をコミカルに描く、アーヴィングの代表作。

Paperback

First published January 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]

ガープ亡き後、エピローグが面白かった。全員死ぬ。