A Prayer for Owen Meany

A deluxe collector's edition of John Irving's beloved A Prayer for Owen Meany --a coming-of-age tale that ranks among the most cherished American classics, including To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye . In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary.

Product details

• Authors: John Irving
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.09.2013
• EAN: 9780062299567
• ISBN: 978-0-06-229956-7
• No. of pages: 640
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 43 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Epic, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Fantasy / Paranormal, FICTION: Occult & Supernatural, FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, RELIGION: Christian Theology / General, COMMON CORE: LITERATURE, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Christian / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Romance, FICTION: Fantasy / Dark Fantasy