3.9
A Prayer for Owen Meany A Novel
by John Irving
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
John Irving is an abundantly and even joyfully talented storyteller.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKR EVIEW
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
FictionLiteraryPsychologicalWar & MilitaryFriendship
RELEASED1990
PUBLISHERBallantine Books
LENGTH617
LANGUAGEEN
John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. He received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for his short story “Interior Space.” In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person. An international writer—his novels have been translated into more than thirty-five languages—John Irving lives in Toronto. His all-time best-selling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany. ([source][1]) [1]: http://john-irving.com/john-irving-bio/
3.9
A Prayer for Owen Meany A Novel
by John Irving
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
John Irving is an abundantly and even joyfully talented storyteller.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKR EVIEW
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
FictionLiteraryPsychologicalWar & MilitaryFriendship
RELEASED1990
PUBLISHERBallantine Books
LENGTH617
LANGUAGEEN
John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. He received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for his short story “Interior Space.” In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person. An international writer—his novels have been translated into more than thirty-five languages—John Irving lives in Toronto. His all-time best-selling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany. ([source][1]) [1]: http://john-irving.com/john-irving-bio/
