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The 158-Pound Marriage is the third novel by American author John Irving. The book explores the sexual revolution-era trend of "swinging" (partner-swapping) via a glimpse into the lives of two couples in a small New England college town who enter casually into such an affair, with disastrous consequences. Plot summary
- John Irving
- 1974
15 de may. de 2018 · Books. The 158-Pound Marriage. John Irving. Random House Publishing Group, May 15, 2018 - Fiction - 176 pages. “Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to...
- 1984800094, 9781984800091
- John Irving
- Random House Publishing Group, 2018
10 de may. de 2012 · The 158-Pound Marriage Kindle Edition. by John Irving (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 3.6 308 ratings. See all formats and editions.
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- John Irving
THE 158-POUND MARRIAGE. by John Irving ‧RELEASE DATE: Oct. 15, 1974. bookshelf. shop now. amazon bookshop. This energetic, often intelligent novel about a four-way marriage has as much sleight-of-hand as the earlier Nabokov but avoids the master's aestheticism.
- Kirkus Reviews
What Irving demonstrates beautifully is that a one-to-one relationship is more demanding than a free-for-all.” —The New York Times Book Review. “Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications.”—The Washington Post...
- Paperback
15 de may. de 2018 · Ebook. May 15, 2018 | ISBN 9781984800091. Excerpt. The 158-Pound Marriage. 1. The Angel Called. “The Smile of Reims” My wife, Utchka (whose name I sometime ago shortened to Utch), could teach patience to a time bomb. With some luck, she has taught me a little. Utch learned patience under what we might call duress.
On a New England campus, Viennese housewife Utchka and her aspiring writer husband live a rather placid life with their two children.Until, that is, they meet Severin Winter, Professor of German...
