| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
432 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents |
Memoirs : Trying to save Piggy Sneed -- The imaginary girlfriend -- My dinner at the White House. Fiction : Interior space -- Brennbar's rant -- The Pension Grillparzer -- Other people's dreams -- Weary kingdom -- Almost in Iowa. Homage : The king of the novel -- An introduction to A Christmas carol -- Gunter Grass, king of the toy merchants. |
| Summary |
A collection of short stories and essays. The story, My Dinner at the White House, is an amusing piece on a dinner with President Reagan, The Imaginary Girlfriend is on the arts of writing and wrestling, while the title story is on a pig farmer who is being harassed by boys. |
| Subject |
Irving, John, 1942-
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Grass, Gunter, 1927-2015 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| ISBN |
1559703237 |
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