158-Pound Marriage, The

General fiction literary fiction

By John Irving · 2 more books

Synopsis

On a New England campus, Viennese housewife Utchka and her aspiring writer husband live a rather placid life with their two children.Until, that is, they meet Severin Winter, Professor of German and wrestling coach, and his delicate wife Edith at a faculty party. Utchka and Severin are rather taken with one another, and, conveniently, their spouses appear to be similarly smitten. A bizarre ménage a quatre is the result of these convoluted desires, and what starts out as a bit of fun is soon subject to the darker machinations of obsession

Book Details

Pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Black Swan
ISBN-13
978-05-52992-08-4