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Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, 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 both 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.
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- Released
- 2002
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- Language
- Dutch
- Authors
- John Irving, C. A. G. van den Broek
- Publisher
- De Bezige Bij
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 863
- ISBN10
- 902340002X
- ISBN13
- 9789023400028
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Religious Topics, Classics, Contemporary Fiction, Friendship, American Literature, LGBTQ+, Adapted for Film, India, Canada, Satire, Vienna, Homosexuality, Bestsellers, Twins, Army, Students, Circus, Vietnam War (1959-1975), Film Industry, Prophets
- First published
- 1989
- Original title
- A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- Description
- Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, 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 both 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.