A Prayer for Owen Meany
About this book
"I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice - not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany." So begins John Irving's new novel. In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys - best friends - are playing ina Little League baseball game in Gravesend , New Hampshire; one of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. The boy who hit the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen - after that 1953 fould ball - is extraordinary and terrifying. (front flap)
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4.4/5 · 779 readers · 543 pages · ≈ 10 h 03 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read A Prayer for Owen Meany?
About ≈ 10 h 03 m — 543 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is A Prayer for Owen Meany?
543 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is A Prayer for Owen Meany?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Has A Prayer for Owen Meany been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include Simon Birch (1998).
Is A Prayer for Owen Meany in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote A Prayer for Owen Meany?
John Irving.