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"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. Living in Toronto, an American exile recalls a childhood friendship that changed his life. In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys - best friends - are playing in a Little League 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 foul ball - is extraordinary and terrifying. (front flap)
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A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
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- Pubblicato
- 1989
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- Titolo
- A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- John Irving
- Editore
- Lester & Orpen Dennys
- Pubblicato
- 1989
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 543
- ISBN10
- 0886192269
- ISBN13
- 9780886192266
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Prosa storica, Umorismo, Narrativa contemporanea, Classici, Amicizia, USA, Guerre, XX Secolo, Letteratura Americana, Romanzi sociali, Morte, Crescita
- Descrizione
- "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. Living in Toronto, an American exile recalls a childhood friendship that changed his life. In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys - best friends - are playing in a Little League 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 foul ball - is extraordinary and terrifying. (front flap)