by John Irving
In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ball by accident. He believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after 1953 is extraordinary and terrifying. He is Irving's most heartbreaking hero.
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. In 1980, Mr. Irving won a National Book Award for his novel The World According to Garp. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person. His all-time bestselling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany. John Irving lives in Toronto.
ISBN-13: 9780688077082
Publisher: William Morrow & Co; First Edition (January 1, 1989)
Language: English
Hardcover: 543 pages
- Birthfathers -Predestination
- New Hampshire -Male friendship
- Death -Mothers - Christian
- Belief and doubt - Vietnam War