Une prière pour 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)
Profil du lecteur
4.4/5 · 782 lecteurs · 543 pages · ≈ 10 h 03 m · Modéré
Combien de temps pour lire A Prayer for Owen Meany ?
Environ ≈ 10 h 03 m — 543 pages, à raison d'environ 250 mots par page et 225 mots par minute.
Combien de pages fait A Prayer for Owen Meany ?
543 pages dans son édition la plus lue.
Quel est le genre de A Prayer for Owen Meany ?
Il se trouve dans les rayons Fiction.
A Prayer for Owen Meany a-t-il été adapté au cinéma ou à la télévision ?
Oui — les adaptations incluent Simon Birch (1998).
A Prayer for Owen Meany est-il dans le domaine public ?
Non — il est encore sous droits d'auteur.
Qui a écrit A Prayer for Owen Meany ?
John Irving.