1996, ISBN: 0394281535

From a novelist known for the complexity of his novels - they are also long - comes an autobiography of compelling simplicity; it is also short. Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling c… More...

From a novelist known for the complexity of his novels - they are also long - comes an autobiography of compelling simplicity; it is also short. Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, "The Imaginary Girlfriend" is a lucid portrait of the writers and wrestlers who played a mentor role in John Irving's development as a novelist, a wrestler and a wrestling coach. Moreover, this candid memoir portrays a father's dedication to his children: Irving coached his sons Colin and Brendan to New England championship titles - a championship that, as a competitor, he himself was denied. John Irving began writing and wrestling when he was fourteen. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, he was certified as a referee for twenty-four and he coached the sport until he was forty-seven. His thirty-three years in wrestling are three times those he spent as a student and a teacher of Creative Writing; yet his concise autobiography details the interrelationship of the disciplines of writing and wrestling - from the days when Irving was a beginner at both pursuits until his fourth wrestling-related surgery at the age of fifty-three. "The Imaginary Girlfriend" is both a work of the utmost literary accomplishment and a paradigm for living. arts and literature,authors,biographies,biographies,contemporary,education and reference,fiction,foreign language study and reference,history and criticism,individual sports Foreign Language Study & Reference, Alfred A. Knopf (1996).<

1996, ISBN: 0394281535

From a novelist known for the complexity of his novels - they are also long - comes an autobiography of compelling simplicity; it is also short. Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling c… More...

From a novelist known for the complexity of his novels - they are also long - comes an autobiography of compelling simplicity; it is also short. Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, "The Imaginary Girlfriend" is a lucid portrait of the writers and wrestlers who played a mentor role in John Irving's development as a novelist, a wrestler and a wrestling coach. Moreover, this candid memoir portrays a father's dedication to his children: Irving coached his sons Colin and Brendan to New England championship titles - a championship that, as a competitor, he himself was denied. John Irving began writing and wrestling when he was fourteen. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, he was certified as a referee for twenty-four and he coached the sport until he was forty-seven. His thirty-three years in wrestling are three times those he spent as a student and a teacher of Creative Writing; yet his concise autobiography details the interrelationship of the disciplines of writing and wrestling - from the days when Irving was a beginner at both pursuits until his fourth wrestling-related surgery at the age of fifty-three. "The Imaginary Girlfriend" is both a work of the utmost literary accomplishment and a paradigm for living. arts and literature,authors,biographical,biographies,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,contemporary,education and reference,fiction Foreign Language Study & Reference, Alfred A. Knopf (1996).<

1992, ISBN: 0394281535

[EAN: 9780394281537], [PU: Knopf], oronto: Knopf, 1996, 1996. Fine/Fine. First Canadian Edition. ISBN: 0 394 28153 5.New Book. 148 pp with 16 pages of photographs. No American printing of… More...

[EAN: 9780394281537], [PU: Knopf], oronto: Knopf, 1996, 1996. Fine/Fine. First Canadian Edition. ISBN: 0 394 28153 5.New Book. 148 pp with 16 pages of photographs. No American printing of this title. Canadian first issued simultaneously with the British first. Irving's memoir of Exeter, wrestling and his family.148 pages +, Books<

ISBN: 9780394281537

Hardcover book. Published by Knopf Canada Media > Book, [PU: Grove Press]