Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed by John Irving is a collection that combines memoirs, short fiction, and essays, published by Arcade Publishing in 1996. This first edition spans 432 pages and is presented in English. The book features a variety of pieces, including tributes to literary figures such as Charles Dickens and Günter Grass, alongside six short stories and personal reminiscences that reflect on Irving’s experiences and influences as a writer.
Readers will find engaging insights into Irving’s creative process and his reflections on the world of literature. The collection includes candid essays that explore his views on fiction and the writing journey, providing a rich context for understanding his work. With its blend of biography, literary criticism, and fiction, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed offers a diverse perspective on the themes and inspirations that shape Irving’s storytelling.
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“Supple and energetic as a stylist, Mr. Irving also knows just how to create in the reader’s mind a vivid impression of an existing world; *and just how to populate it.”
; *The New York Times Book Review
“CANDID . . . COLORFUL . . . Those who have followed John Irving’s writing career will delight in his newest, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. . . . Readers will leave this book feeling as if they have had a terrific conversation with Irving about why he writes and how he goes about it.”
; *USA Today
“[THIS] NEWEST BOOK IS A FIRST FOR IRVING: a collection of memoirs, short fiction, and essays. Trying to Save Piggy Sneed features tributes to Dickens and Gü nter Grass, whose novels percolate with a political and moral courage Irving admires. It also includes six short stories, a form Irving doesn’t claim as his own. Reminiscences round out the collection, from his caustic recollections of an awkward dinner with former President Reagan to the title piece, in which the death of his town’s garbage collector symbolically sparked the teenage Irving’s desire to write.”
; *Minneapolis Star Tribune
“THESE PIECES ARE WORTH SAVING AND SAVORING. . . . Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is a welcome oasis on the long desert passage leading to John Irving’s next novel.”
; *The Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer
“ENGAGINGLY CANDID . . . The essays on himself and other writers make the book valuable, for they tell us a great deal about Irving’s views of fiction, much in the public eye since the success of Garp in 1978.”
; *Newsday
“A rich, wonderful and diverse look into the creative mind of one of America’s most imaginative and passionate novelists. . . . Irving again proves he has enoughimagination for 10 writers.”
; *The Denver Post
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