distinguished writers
john irving tuesday, may 15, 7:30 p.m. horchow auditorium John Irving has created a body of fiction of extraordinary range, moving with ease from romance to fairytale to thriller. His first bestseller, The World According to Garp, introduced readers to his inventive style, memorable characters, and masterfully woven stories-within-stories. It won a National Book Award and was made into a film starring Robin Williams. Since Garp’s release, all of Irving’s novels (including A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Son of the Circus, and A Widow for One Year) have been bestsellers and have sold tens of millions of copies. In 2000 he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the adaptation of his novel The Cider House Rules. Irving has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Irving will participate in a moderated onstage conversation to share insights about his creative process, the body of his work, and his new novel, In One Person. An absorbing novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love and a passionate celebration of our sexual differences. Irving’s most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, In One Person is a tender portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself worthwhile. “Irving’s writing has a sense of myth and time and weight and resonance. He’s probably the great storyteller of American literature today.” —author Peter Matthiessen
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