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"Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications."
--The Washington Post
The darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this erotic, ironic tale about a ménage a quatre in a New England university town foreshadow those of The World According to Garp; but this very trim and precise novel is a marked departure from the author's generally robust, boisterous style. Though Mr. Irving's cool eye spares none of his foursome, he writes with genuine compassion for the sexual tests and illusions they perpetrate on each other; but the sexual intrigue between them demonstrates how even the kind can be ungenerous, and even the well-intentioned, destructive.
"One of the most remarkable things about John Irving's first three novels, viewed from the vantage of The World According to Garp, is that they can be read as one extended fictional enterprise. . . . The 158-Pound Marriage is as lean and concentrated as a mine shaft."
--Terrence Des Pres
--The Washington Post
The darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this erotic, ironic tale about a ménage a quatre in a New England university town foreshadow those of The World According to Garp; but this very trim and precise novel is a marked departure from the author's generally robust, boisterous style. Though Mr. Irving's cool eye spares none of his foursome, he writes with genuine compassion for the sexual tests and illusions they perpetrate on each other; but the sexual intrigue between them demonstrates how even the kind can be ungenerous, and even the well-intentioned, destructive.
"One of the most remarkable things about John Irving's first three novels, viewed from the vantage of The World According to Garp, is that they can be read as one extended fictional enterprise. . . . The 158-Pound Marriage is as lean and concentrated as a mine shaft."
--Terrence Des Pres
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歴史小説家である「僕」には、ウィーンで数奇な育ちをしたウチという妻がいる。一方、「僕」の友人で大学でレスリングのコーチをしているセイヴァリンは、ウィーンで知り合ったヤンキー娘のイーディスと結婚した。これら2組のカップルのユーモラスで鮮烈な夫婦交換の物語を通して浮かびあるがる現代人の内面風景とは?『熊を放つ』と『ガープの世界』をつなぐJ・アーヴィング会心の力編。
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『ガープの世界』や『未亡人の一年』を書いた著者の初期の作品。
合意の上で、夫婦交換をしている二組の夫婦を描いているのだが、この妙な味わいは後々、彼の個性として花開いたのだと。“お互いがしっくり行かないのならば、別れればいいじゃないか？”と独身時代は思ったが、結婚してみると、彼等の判断保留の気持ちがよくわかる。夫婦の絆を見つけようといろいろ試みる彼等を突然襲う悲劇……っていうのは、『ガープ』や『未亡人』に通じるものが。苦悩の中で過ごすってことは、実は、別れるより難しいし、その人間的努力が読ませどころ。っても、キャラクターや設定が変で、正面がぶり四つに考えろってより、苦笑いしつつ読ませるのが、さすが、アーヴィング。
先日、彼の複雑な生い立ちを知って!、!このあいまいなバランスの中で、悩みつつも生きていくのは、彼自身のスタンスなんだと気付き、さらにおもしろさが増した。
合意の上で、夫婦交換をしている二組の夫婦を描いているのだが、この妙な味わいは後々、彼の個性として花開いたのだと。“お互いがしっくり行かないのならば、別れればいいじゃないか？”と独身時代は思ったが、結婚してみると、彼等の判断保留の気持ちがよくわかる。夫婦の絆を見つけようといろいろ試みる彼等を突然襲う悲劇……っていうのは、『ガープ』や『未亡人』に通じるものが。苦悩の中で過ごすってことは、実は、別れるより難しいし、その人間的努力が読ませどころ。っても、キャラクターや設定が変で、正面がぶり四つに考えろってより、苦笑いしつつ読ませるのが、さすが、アーヴィング。
先日、彼の複雑な生い立ちを知って!、!このあいまいなバランスの中で、悩みつつも生きていくのは、彼自身のスタンスなんだと気付き、さらにおもしろさが増した。
2 人中、2人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
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一応主人公と言うか語り部として名前の出てこない歴史小説家が居るけれど、これは４人の小説であると同時にそれぞれの小説である。１：１：１：１だったり、１：１：２だったり２：２だったり、それぞれの度合いは実に様々。そこが甘くなくて良い。
二組の夫婦が出会った頃と、もう一つの組み合わせで過ごした頃と、彼らの子供たち。行く末。
アーヴィングだから当然、これはただのスワッピング小説じゃありません。
二組の夫婦が出会った頃と、もう一つの組み合わせで過ごした頃と、彼らの子供たち。行く末。
アーヴィングだから当然、これはただのスワッピング小説じゃありません。
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158 pound novel
2001/7/12
形式:マスマーケット
"The 158 Pound Marriage" is another example of John Irving at his best. He masterfully explores the consequences of infidelity in a modern marriage through a story of two couples, each in love with another's spouse. Though the wrestling imagery can get tiresome after a while, it's a fitting theme for a book whose characters are wrestling with the choices they have made in their marriages. The characters are all well developed, and the non-linear plot flows with ease. The one warning I would give is not to pick up this book looking for another "Garp." There is, was, and will always be only one "Garp." Let "The 158 Pound Marriage" stand on its own merits and you will not be disappointed.
17 人中、16人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Only for the true Irving fans
2005/5/16
形式:マスマーケット
After falling in love with Irving's more well known works, I went back to read his earlier novels. This is a decent read, but clearly less well developed that something like The World According to Garp, or A Prayer for Owen Meany. I wouldn't recommend it as your first Irving book.
We have some of the same plot elements that are seen again and again in Irving's works--life in Vienna, wife-swapping, wrestling, and prostitutes in Europe. The subject of Vienna is given a much more beautiful treatment in The Hotel New Hampshire, in my opinion.
Children are an afterthought in this novel. They were written in only when convienent and completely ignored when more adult matters were at hand.
The book is darkly tragic, more dark than other Irving novels. I didn't find the beauty of being human as a relief from the tragic undertones. Enjoy this if you are desperate for more Irving, but try some of his later works if you want a better read.
We have some of the same plot elements that are seen again and again in Irving's works--life in Vienna, wife-swapping, wrestling, and prostitutes in Europe. The subject of Vienna is given a much more beautiful treatment in The Hotel New Hampshire, in my opinion.
Children are an afterthought in this novel. They were written in only when convienent and completely ignored when more adult matters were at hand.
The book is darkly tragic, more dark than other Irving novels. I didn't find the beauty of being human as a relief from the tragic undertones. Enjoy this if you are desperate for more Irving, but try some of his later works if you want a better read.
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The Mind of a Menage a Quatre
1998/9/4
形式:ペーパーバック
John Irving is a mastermind for rich characters. From the get go, he engages the reader with the less than pleasing imagery of a young Austrian girl, Utchka, who experiences the torture and and murder of her family by Russians from inside the belly of a gutted-out cow. It kept me reading! By intertwining the disturbing pasts of two married couples as they embark on a menage a quatre, Irving leads you through the mindful manipualtions and selfishness that inevitably follow the couples in their quest for open sexuality...or is it? Extremely saucy, all characters are completely unique and interesting. Irving's use of the wrestling metaphors through the eyes of Severin Winter,the washed up wrestling coach, are completely obtainable to those,like myself, who are totally negligent of wrestling terms. And of course, like any long standing novel should, Irving leaves plenty of questions unanswered about marriage, fidelity, and the value of trust. This was my first introduction to Irving, mostly because "Garp" and "Owen Meany" were checked out at the Library. The 158-Pound Marriage truly lives up to his more well-known novels!
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