A prayer for Owen Meany: a novel
- Authors
- John Irving
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc.
- Tags
- general , literary , fiction , psychological , fiction - general , modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) , general & literary fiction , psychological fiction , united states , history , sports , boys , military , war & military , death , male friendship , friendship , young men , mothers - death , predestination , birthfathers , classic fiction , john - prose & criticism , irving , new hampshire , religious fiction , vietnam war , mothers , vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 , belief and doubt , 1961-1975 - united states
- ISBN
- 9780679642596
- Date
- 2002-03-15T06:21:23.968000+00:00
- Size
- 0.53 MB
- Lang
- en
SUMMARY: 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 believes he is God’s instrument. What happens to Owen, after that 1953 foul ball, is extraordinary and terrifying. A Prayer for Owen Meany was first published in 1989. This Modern Library edition includes a new Introduction by the author.