Article: IRVING'S NEXT CHAPTER AUTHOR CREATES RICH, COMPELLING FEMALE VOICE.(Books)(Review)

Article: Next course; Amateur chef John Irving uses patience ...
The Boston Herald;  June 23, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... plotted, elliptical novels, John Irving tells an anecdote from middle ... and, his latest, "A Widow for One Year" ($27.95 ... role. His ninth book, "A Widow for One Year," has spent ... mother's young lover, "Widow" is set in that peculiarly ...

Article: Floor Play; A looser adaptation of John Irving's A ...
Philadelphia Weekly;  July 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... screenwriter Tod Williams is clearly a John Irving fan. His incredibly faithful rendering ... the first third of Irving's A Widow for One Year is an almost word ... more fully. The problem is this: John Irving is an acquired taste, which makes ...

Article: Arts Etc: Books - The lion, the widow and the Lothario - a ...
The Independent - London;  July 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... writer can offer when he has encouraged his reader to relax. John Irving is a different type of storyteller. The experience of reading ... previous novels (including The World According to Garp and A Widow For One Year) have been about writers; this one is about ...

Article: JOHN IRVING'S LATEST ISN'T ON PAR WITH PAST ...
The Virginian Pilot;  August 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... pp. $26.95. I MISS John Irving. I miss the zany, thoughtful ... forever. To pick up a new John Irving novel brings a smile of ... the stipulation that the widow Doris must have visitation ... reporting the news. This is John Irving lite. Maybe the movie ...

Transcript: Review: John Irving's "The Fourth Hand"
NPR All Things Considered;  August 6, 2001 ;     442 words ... ... 00-00-0000 Review: John Irving's The Fourth Hand Host ... MELISSA BLOCK, host: John Irving has a new novel out ... gestures in recent fiction, John Irving opens his new novel with ... fare. A lovely young widow in Green Bay declares ...

Article: FUNNY VALENTINE John Irving spins a love story, his ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ...A Widow for One Year. By John Irving. Random House. 608 ... still hope: Its name is John Irving. In his first novelistic ... fashioned love story John Irving-style, of course ... courtship and marriage, "A Widow For One Year" is a tough ...

Article: John Irving story draws veteran stars Basinger and ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... LOS ANGELES _ If you've read John Irving's "A Widow for One Year," the first third ... reasons I always looked forward to a John Irving novel. The characters are always ... seem to have assured that "A Widow for One Year" would be turned ...