A Prayer for Owen Meany: A NovelOwen 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 "John Irving is an abundantly and even joyfully talented storyteller." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKR EVIEW |
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Revisió d'Usuari - carolfoisset - LibraryThingThe first time I read this book I was in college - I'm much older now and re-read it for book club. The discussion was great and very interesting to hear from men who actually fought in the Vietnam ... Llegeix la ressenya completa
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Revisió d'Usuari - Jinjer - LibraryThingO God--please give him back! I shall keep asking You. Yesssss!!!!!! Bawling. Perfectly great ending, the way the meaning of everything that occurred in Owen Meany's life was revealed in those final ... Llegeix la ressenya completa
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Northern Passage: American Vietnam War Resisters in Canada John Hagan Previsualització limitada - 2001 |
Mark Twain in the Margins: The Quarry Farm Marginalia and a Connecticut ... Joe B. Fulton Visualització de fragments - 2000 |
Informació bibliogràfica
| Títol | A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel BB fiction Volum 36179 de Ballantine Fiction |
| Autor | John Irving |
| Editor | John Irving |
| Edició | reimpresa, reemesa |
| Editor | Ballantine Books, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0345361792, 9780345361790 |
| Nre. de pàgines | 617 pàgines |
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