A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Literature, Fiction, Contemporary book. I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice. Not because of his voice, or because he...
Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is.This is John Irving's most comic novel, yet Owen Meany is Mr. Irving's most heartbreaking character."Roomy, intelligent, exhilarating and darkly comic...Dickensian in scope...Quite stunning, and very ambitious."--Los Angeles Times Book Review"A lavish meditation on predestination, faith and the unrealized forces that shape one's days."--San Francisco Chronicle"John Irving is an abundantly and even joyfully talented storyteller."--The New York Times Book Review"Vintage Irving...A boisterous cast, a spirited story."--Time"Riveting...Owen Meany, drawn in bold strokes, burns in the mind's eye--vivid, alive, beloved--long after the turning of the final page."--UPI
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- ISBN: 9780345361790 / 345361792
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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. John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany He also knew that rivals are best unmanned by being ignored. John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany It's a no-win argument - that business of what we're born with and what our environment does to us. And it's a boring argument, because it simplifies the mysteries that attend both our birth and our growth. John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
Come un disegno di EscherAvvertenze.Prima di iniziare questo romanzo, siete pregati di munirvi del seguente Book-kit:-Un vasto, quanto variegato campionario di espressioni facciali, da sfoggiare di pari passo con le molteplici emozioni di queste quasi 600 pagine. C' di tutto, ma proprio tutto; dalla faccia angosciata a quella incredula,... I've been giving too many four star reviews lately, so thought I'd mix it up with a review of a book I have conflicted feelings about. Thus, two stars for Owen Meany. Which, by the way, is my favorite of the John Irving novels I've read. Not a fan. I enjoyed many elements of Owen Meany as I read it. Liked the narrator's family (mother,... This book is about faith and its opposite, doubt. Its about people who look for something outside themselves to give themselves faith, in a higher power, in others, in themselves.Of the John Irving books Ive read, its probably the most fully realized. At times, critics have called Irvings writing Dickensian and for once that description...
