Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
1996 book by John Irving
1-55970-323-7 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-345-40474-2 (paperback edition)Dewey Decimal
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is a collection of short works by novelist John Irving. First published by Arcade Publishing in 1996, it features twelve pieces divided into the three sections of memoirs, fiction, and homage.
Irving's author's notes follow each piece, where he discusses his inspiration and creative process for the works.
Contents
The collection includes the following works:
Memoirs
- "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed"
- "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"
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Works by John Irving
- Setting Free the Bears
- The Water-Method Man
- The 158-Pound Marriage
- The World According to Garp
- The Hotel New Hampshire
- The Cider House Rules
- A Prayer for Owen Meany
- A Son of the Circus
- A Widow for One Year
- The Fourth Hand
- Until I Find You
- Last Night in Twisted River
- In One Person
- Avenue of Mysteries
- The Last Chairlift
- Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
- The World According to Garp
- The Hotel New Hampshire
- Simon Birch
- The Cider House Rules
- The Door in the Floor
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