A Prayer for Owen Meany
"Widely regarded as Irving's most ambitious and emotionally resonant novel, it earns praise for its rich symbolism and narrative ambition, though some critics find its theological allegory heavy-handed and its plotting overly contrived."
"I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice - not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany." So begins John Irving's new novel. In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys - best friends - are playing ina Little League baseball game in Gravesend , New Hampshire; one of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. The boy who hit the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen - after that 1953 fould ball - is extraordinary and terrifying. (front flap)
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Owen MeanyPublished · 2000Publisher · DiogenesPages · 852Lang · GERISBN · 3257224915
Oracion Por Owen (Ultimos Fabulas)Published · January 1, 2002Publisher · TusQuetsPages · 150Lang · SPAISBN · 9788483106808
Une prière pour OwenPublished · May 1, 1989Publisher · SeuilPages · 568Lang · FREISBN · 9782020107129- Ppk36 Prayr O MeanyPublisher · Ballantine BooksLang · ENGISBN · 9780345367631
A Prayer for Owen MeanyPublished · 2001Publisher · Ballantine BooksPages · 552Lang · ENGISBN · 9780345417978
A Prayer for Owen MeanyPublished · 1989Publisher · William Morrow and CompanyPages · 543Lang · ENGISBN · 9780688077082
A Prayer for Owen MeanyPublished · 1990Publisher · Black SwanPages · 637Lang · ENGISBN · 9780552135399- Oracion Por Owen / A Prayer for Owen MeanyPublished · June 2002Publisher · TusquetsLang · SPAISBN · 9788472231269
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