A Widow for One Year
A Widow for One Year by John Irving is a reprint edition published by National Geographic Books on November 27, 2001. This literary work spans 608 pages and is presented in English. The narrative centers on Ruth Cole, a complex character whose life unfolds in three distinct parts, beginning with her childhood on Long Island in 1958 and progressing through pivotal moments in her life, including her experiences as an unmarried woman in 1990 and a widow in 1995.
Readers will find a richly comic yet deeply disturbing exploration of love, grief, and the passage of time. The story delves into Ruth’s struggles with her personal relationships and her literary career, highlighting her distrust in men and the emotional challenges she faces. A Widow for One Year presents a multilayered love story that intertwines themes of romance and coming of age, offering insights into the complexities of human emotions and connections.
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Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character–a “difficult” woman. By no means is she conventionally “nice,” but she will never be forgotten.
Ruth’s story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial time in her life. When we first meet her–on Long Island, in the summer of 1958–Ruth is only four.
The second window into Ruth’s life opens in the fall of 1990, when Ruth is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career. She distrusts her judgment in men, for good reason.
A Widow for One Year closes in the autumn of 1995, when Ruth Cole is a forty-one-year-old widow and mother. She’s about to fall in love for the first time.
Richly comic, as well as deeply disturbing A Widow for One Year is a multilayered love story of astonishing emotional force. Both ribald and erotic, it is also a brilliant novel about the passage of time and the relentlessness of grief.
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