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A Prayer for Owen Meany

By John Irving
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Set in 1953 New Hampshire, this novel follows two best friends whose lives are irrevocably changed when a Little League baseball game ends in tragedy. Owen Meany, the boy with a distinctive voice who believes he is an instrument of God, compels a compelling exploration of faith, fate, and friendship.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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A remarkable novel. A Prayer for Owen Meany is a rare creation. An amazingly brave piece of work so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave this richly textured and carefully wrought world. --STEPHEN KING, Washington Post

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.

In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany, one of literary fiction's most unforgettable characters, believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary.

A Prayer for Owen Meany is a PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780062204097

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 April 2012

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 201.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 656

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About the Author

John Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times--winning in 1980 for the novel The World According to Garp. In 1992, Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He won the 2000 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Irving's most recent novel is In One Person (2012).

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