# The 158-Pound Marriage

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- Authors: [John Irving](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-irving)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2012-05-10

## Description

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,..

## Editions

### The 158-Pound Marriage

- Publisher: transworld_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4811-188-6
- Published: 2012-05-10
- Language: en_GB

### The 158-Pound Marriage

- Publisher: ballantine_books
- ISBN: 978-03-4541-796-1
- Pages: 176
- Published: 1997-06-23
- Language: en_US