A Prayer for Owen Meany

by John Irving | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0345417976 Global Overview for this book
Registered by SwissShutist of Ostermundigen, Bern / Berne Switzerland on 6/18/2004
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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

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.

Journal Entry 3 by SwissShutist from Ostermundigen, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Unterwegs (B-Post) nach Luzern zu dubly.

Journal Entry 4 by dubly from Luzern, Luzern Switzerland on Monday, December 11, 2006
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!

Journal Entry 5 by dubly from Luzern, Luzern Switzerland on Monday, January 29, 2007
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!

Journal Entry 6 by dubly at Stadttheater in Luzern, Luzern Switzerland on Monday, January 29, 2007

Released 17 yrs ago (1/29/2007 UTC) at Stadttheater in Luzern, Luzern Switzerland

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in a niche

Journal Entry 7 by rem_Bookgoblin on Monday, January 29, 2007
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.

Journal Entry 8 by rem_Bookgoblin on Thursday, June 7, 2007
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).

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