A Prayer for Owen Meany is the seventh novel by American writer John Irving. Published in 1989, it tells the story of John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany growing up together in a small New Hampshire town during the 1950s and 1960s. According to John's narration, Owen is …
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A Prayer for Owen Meany is the seventh novel by American writer John Irving. Published in 1989, it tells the story of John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany growing up together in a small New Hampshire town during the 1950s and 1960s. According to John's narration, Owen is a remarkable boy in many ways; he believes himself to be God's instrument and sets out to fulfill the fate he has prophesied for himself. The novel is also an homage to Günter Grass's most famous novel, The Tin Drum. Grass was a great influence for John Irving, as well as a close friend. The main characters of both novels, Owen Meany and Oskar Matzerath, share the same initials as well as some other characteristics, and their stories show some parallels. Irving has confirmed the similarities. A Prayer for Owen Meany, however, follows an independent and separate plot.
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- BNF ID:
- 13517547c
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
637 pages
English language
Published Feb. 13, 1990
- ISBN:
- 978-0-552-13539-9Copied ISBN!
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- 4473
A Prayer for Owen Meany
English language
Published April 22, 2014
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- 978-0-06-228485-3Copied ISBN!
A prayer for Owen Meany
English language
Published Sept. 26, 1989
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- 978-0-345-36179-0Copied ISBN!
Une prière pour Owen : roman
French language
Published Sept. 26, 1991 by Éditions du Seuil.
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- 978-2-02-013307-4Copied ISBN!
A Prayer for Owen Meany
637 pages
Published March 19, 1989
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