Record Number |
603456 |
ISBN |
0679642595 |
9780679642596 9780679642596 9780679642596 |
9780062284853 0679642595 (acid-free paper) |
9780552993692 (paperback) |
Author |
Irving, John, 1942- |
Title |
A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel / John Irving. |
Edition |
2002 Modern Library Edition. |
Publisher/Date |
New York : Modern Library, 2002. |
Pagination etc. |
xxiv, 641 p. ; 22 cm. |
Summary Note |
"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."--BOOK JACKET. |
Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Fiction |
Belief and doubt -- Fiction |
Mothers -- Death -- Fiction |
Male friendship -- Fiction |
Predestination -- Fiction |
Birthfathers -- Fiction |
Young men -- Fiction |
Boys -- Fiction |
New Hampshire -- Fiction |
Psychological fiction. |
Religious fiction. |
Shelf Location |
F IRVI |