The Imaginary Girlfriend: A Memoir

Irving, John

ISBN 10: 0345458265 / ISBN 13: 9780345458261

Published by Ballantine Books (edition Ballantine Reader's Circle), 2002

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Seller Inventory # 0345458265-11-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Imaginary Girlfriend: A Memoir
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (edition Ballantine Reader's Circle)
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345458265
• ISBN 13: 9780345458261
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Ballantine Reader's Circle.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

&;The Imaginary Girlfriend is a miniature autobiography detailing Irving&;s parallel careers of writing and wrestling. . . . Tales of encounters with writers (John Cheever, Nelson Algren, Kurt Vonnegut) are intertwined with those about his wrestling teammates and coaches. With humor and compassion, [Irving] details the few truly important lessons he learned about writing. . . . And in beefing up his narrative with anecdotes that are every bit as hilarious as the antics in his novels, Irving combines the lessons of both obsessions (wrestling and writing) . . . into a somber reflection on the importance of living well.&;
&;The Denver Post

About the Author

John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times&;winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules&;a film with seven Academy Award nominations.