John Irving: A writer’s life

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Author John Irving has mined his personal history and obsessions as the starting point for such acclaimed works of fiction as “The World According to Garp” and “The Cider House Rules.” Now 80, he has published his first novel in seven years, “The Last Chairlift,” a tale of sexual politics and ghosts. He talks with correspondent Rita Braver about inspiration, Charles Dickens, and acceptance.

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John Irving on a writer's obsessions

Sun Oct 23 , 2022
Considered one of the great authors of the 20th and 21st centuries, John Irving thinks of himself as a 19th century writer. Why? “Because those novels have always represented the model of the form for me,” he told correspondent Rita Braver. “I loathed Hemingway. I thought Faulkner was excessive. Fitzgerald […]

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