Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

by Irving, John

• ISBN13: 9781559703239
• ISBN10: 1559703237
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-02-14
• Publisher: Arcade Pub

Summary

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed contains a dozen short works by John Irving, beginning with three memoirs - two of which (including an account of Mr. Irving's dinner with President Reagan at the White House) are new to American readers. The newest and longest of the memoirs, "The Imaginary Girlfriend", is the core of this collection. The middle section of the book is fiction. In 28 years, John Irving has written eight novels - but only a half-dozen short stories that he considers "finished"; they are all published here. In the third and final section are three essays of appreciation: one on Gunter Grass, two on Charles Dickens. To each of the 12 pieces, which cover 30 years of writing, Mr. Irving has contributed his Author's Notes.

Table of Contents

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed	p. 3
The Imaginary Girlfriend	p. 25
My Dinner at the White House	p. 147
Interior Space	p. 173
Brennbar's Rant	p. 219
The Pension Grillparzer	p. 233
Other People's Dreams	p. 269
Weary Kingdom	p. 281
Almost in Iowa	p. 323
The King of the Novel	p. 347
An Introduction to A Christmas Carol	p. 383
Gunter Grass: King of the Toy Merchants	p. 397
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