A Prayer for Owen Meany
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Book Description
Owen Meany is a dwarfish boy with a strange voice who accidentally kills his best friend's mom with a baseball and believes--accurately--that he is an instrument of God, to be redeemed by martyrdom. John Irving's novel, which inspired the 1998 Jim Carrey movie Simon Birch, is his most popular book in Britain, and perhaps the oddest Christian mystic novel since Flannery O'Connor's work. Irving fans... More
Book Information
Publisher | Perfection Learning |
Binding | Hardcover (80 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | N/A |
ISBN-10 | 0780794664 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0780794665 |
Publication Date | 04/01/1990 |
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2/10/2011 Laura Hadaway said:
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John Irving is definitely my favorite author. He changed my whole perception of reading. Before I stumbled upon his novel "A Prayer for Owen Meany" I viewed reading as a chore, instead of an enjoyable past time. His character development and ability to make me laugh out loud, as well as cry astounde... more
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