Question: Which year did U.S. novelist John Irving publish A Widow For One Year?
Context: The Water Method Man (1972) is the second published novel by American novelist John Irving. John Irving (November 24, 1854 – August or October 10, 1936) was a steamship captain in British Columbia, Canada.  He began on the Fraser River at the age of 18 and would become one of the most famous and prosperous riverboat captains of the era.  His father, William Irving was known as the "King of the River" and the neighborhood of Irvington in Portland, Oregon is named in honor of their family. A Son of the Circus (1994) is John Irving's eighth published novel.  The novel was a return to his first publisher, Random House, under whose imprint Irving's first three novels appeared. John Irving (May 24, 1953 – April 12, 2015) was an American college basketball player best known for his career at Hofstra, which lasted from 1974–75 to 1976–77.  He also spent one season (1972–73) at Arizona before transferring.  Irving, a 6 ft , 215-lb (98 kg) power forward/center, recorded 1,018 points and 1,186 rebounds during his three-year career at Hofstra.  He holds career per-game averages of 13.2 points and 15.4 rebounds at the school, and is the last Hofstra player to average a double-digit number of rebounds in three consecutive seasons.  He led NCAA Division I in rebounding during his sophomore year of 1974–75 with a 15.3 per-game average.  Irving was a member of two NCAA Tournament teams, and after he graduated was selected in the third round (58th overall) by the Detroit Pistons in the 1977 NBA draft, although he never played in the league.  Previously, he was also selected by the Phoenix Suns in the ninth round (150th overall) in 1976.  He is still only one of two players in Hofstra University history to accumulate both 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds during his career (Bill Thieben is the other), and has been honored as an inductee in the school's Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the 2011 class. The Door in the Floor is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Tod Williams.  The screenplay is based on the first third of the 1998 novel "A Widow for One Year" by John Irving. The Fourth Hand is a 2001 novel written by American novelist John Irving.  It is his 10th published novel. John Winslow Irving (born John Wallace Blunt, Jr. on March 2, 1942) is an American novelist and screenwriter. John Irving (5 October 1766 – 10 November 1845) was the proprietor of the Magheramorne estate in County Antrim in the 19th century and was an improving landlord who encouraged tenants to improve the land through provision of lime for fertilisation, and incentives for those who drained and erected ditches.  He also built a row of labourer's cottages which had two acres attached to each to encourage self-sufficiency.  Irving majored in developing what was then known as Ballylig Lime Works, building quays and a railway, and expanding the production.  In 1834 130,000 barrels of lime were exported at 10d per barrel, amounting to over £5400.  300 tons of limestone was exported, valued at £22 and 624 tons of flint amounting to a value of £140.  Ships traded with County Down, the Clyde, Liverpool, Kintyre and other areas.  Flints from Magheramorne quarries were used in the Staffordshire Potteries.  Irving died in London in November 1845.  His agent at Magheramorne was Thomas Maxwell, who lived at Ballylig House. A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound (Doubleday Books for Young Readers, September 28, 2004, ISBN  ) is a children's picture book written by John Irving and illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann.  The title was originally used for a children's book written by a fictional character (Ted Cole) in Irving's 1998 novel "A Widow for One Year". A Widow for One Year is a 1998 novel by John Irving, the ninth of his novels to be published.
Answer: 1998