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A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel / John Irving.
LIBRA Special PS3559.R8 P7 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Irving, John, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States--Fiction.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Belief and doubt--Fiction.
- Belief and doubt.
- Predestination.
- Mothers--Death--Fiction.
- Mothers.
- Mothers--Death.
- Male friendship--Fiction.
- Male friendship.
- New Hampshire--Fiction.
- New Hampshire.
- Predestination--Fiction.
- Birthfathers--Fiction.
- Birthfathers.
- Friendship--Fiction.
- Local Subjects:
- Friendship--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Religious fiction.
- Christian fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 543 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First trade edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Morrow, [1989]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Edition:
- Reprinted as : Irving, John, 1942-: 9780062299567 New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2013
- Other Format:
- Online version: Irving, John, 1942- Prayer for Owen Meany.
- ISBN:
- 0688077080
- 9780688077082
- 0688087604
- 9780688087609
- OCLC:
- 18557147
- Online:
- http://www.randomhouse.com/randomhouse/authors/results.pperl?authorid=14109
- http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-irving-john.asp
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