Word: said
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must go. The bear had the curse, and it ate my arm," Kamik said...
...should not eat until later. It is only the afternoon. We will need strength tomorrow," Kamik said in his stilted accent...
...novel, which retains the fastpaced, colorful style of his fourth book, "The World According to Garp," relates the antics of the Berry family, their dead dob Sorrow, and the guests in their peculiar hotel. Irving said he hopes to finish it in a year, but he added that he writes very slowly...
...This is the first book I've written that I've felt under no time pressure to finish," he said at a reception after the reading. "I frequently start 200 pages into the novel, then work backward from the ending. I always begin with an epilogue and then struggle with the middle which usually comes slowly...
...Garp" was Irving's first success and he explained that his earlier books "suffered from relevancy" and were too caught up with the news. He continued writing, however, because he had nothing else to do, he said. "Some writers can entertain the possibility of doing something else. I don't have any other options," he added...