A prayer for Owen Meany: a novel
Language: English
1961-1975 1961-1975 - United States Belief and doubt Birthfathers Boys Classic fiction Death Fiction Fiction - General Friendship General General & Literary Fiction History Irving John - Prose & Criticism Literary Male friendship Military Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Mothers Mothers - Death New Hampshire Predestination Psychological Psychological fiction Religious fiction Sports United States Vietnam War Vietnamese Conflict War & Military Young men
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: Mar 15, 2002
Description:
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.