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Language
  
English

Dewey Decimal
  
813/.54 20

Author
  
John Irving

Publisher
  
Arcade Publishing

OCLC
  
32466612

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Publication date
  
1996

Originally published
  
1993

Genre
  
Short story collection

Country
  
United States of America

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Media type
  
Print (Hardback & Paperback)

Pages
  
432 pp (hardcover edition)

ISBN
  
1-55970-323-7 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-345-40474-2 (paperback edition)

Similar
  
John Irving books, Other books

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is a collection of short works by John Irving, first published by Arcade Publishing in 1996. It features twelve writing pieces divided into three sections: Memoirs, Fiction, and Homage. The titles of the pieces are as follows:

Contents

Memoirs

  • "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed" (short story)
  • "The Imaginary Girlfriend"
  • "My Dinner at the Whitehouse"

    • Fiction

  • "Interior Space"
  • "Brennbar's Rant"
  • "The Pension Grillparzer"
  • "Other People's Dreams"
  • "Weary Kingdom"
  • "Almost in Iowa"

    • Homage

  • "The King of the Novel"
  • "An Introduction to A Christmas Carol"
  • "Gunter Grass: King of the Toy Merchants"

    • Following each piece, Irving included sections entitled "Author's Notes," where he discussed his inspiration for the pieces and the methods of their creation.

    References

    Trying to Save Piggy Sneed Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA