Literary Fiction· United States
The World According to Garp
by John IrvingAggregate Editorial Score59/100
★National Book Award
Published 1979568 pagesEnglish
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The World According to Garp by John Irving is a landmark work of literary fiction, first published in 1979. The life of T.S. Garp, son of a feminist hero and an anarchist, is a wild, funny, and frequently violent meditation on writing, wrestling, feminism, and accidental death. Irving's breakthrough National Book Award winner established the template for his brand of comic-tragic American fiction. Themes of feminism, writing, family run through the work. The book has received recognition from National Book Award 1979.
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📖 Literary Fiction
Character-driven fiction that prioritises style, theme, and psychological depth.
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