A Prayer for Owen Meany
Registered by SwissShutist of Ostermundigen, Bern / Berne Switzerland on 6/18/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by SwissShutist from Ostermundigen, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Friday, June 18, 2004
In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire; one of the boys, Owen Meany, hits a foul ball and kills his best friend's mother. Owen doesn't believe in accidents; he believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul is extraordinary and terrifying. At moments a comic, self-deluded victim, but in the end the principal, tragic actor in a divine plan, Owen Meany is the most heartbreaking hero John Irving has yet created.
Corgi paperback 1989, ISBN 0-552-13539-9 (journal picture does not correspond)
Dt. Titel: Owen Meany
Corgi paperback 1989, ISBN 0-552-13539-9 (journal picture does not correspond)
Dt. Titel: Owen Meany
Journal Entry 2 by SwissShutist from Ostermundigen, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Thursday, November 30, 2006
Warm, heartbreaking and, at times, very funny.
Reserved for dubly.
Reserved for dubly.
Journal Entry 3 by SwissShutist from Ostermundigen, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Unterwegs (B-Post) nach Luzern zu dubly.
Thanks, SwissShutist, I`ve just got your book by post and I think I`ll start reading after Christmas when I`m going on a short holiday. I`m looking forward to it!
That was an amazing book. I really enjoyed it. You can`t help loving Owen Meany. It`s e very special boy and so well characterised. Thanks again for the trade!
Released 17 yrs ago (1/29/2007 UTC) at Stadttheater in Luzern, Luzern Switzerland
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in a niche
in a niche
Well ... thank you, dubly, for this surprise on a cold winter evening!
According to the journal entries, I am certainly going to enjoy the book.
According to the journal entries, I am certainly going to enjoy the book.
Nice-written book, but not really my piece of cake. A owerweight of the narrative element that makes it a little too boring to read, although it is written beautifully and detailed. After the first chapter I resigned from reading and am going to release it soon.
Journal Entry 9 by rem_Bookgoblin at Bahnhof Luzern in Luzern, Luzern Switzerland on Saturday, June 23, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (6/23/2007 UTC) at Bahnhof Luzern in Luzern, Luzern Switzerland
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Inside the "Voralpen-Express"-Train to Romanshorn (dep. 09:37).
Inside the "Voralpen-Express"-Train to Romanshorn (dep. 09:37).