The Resource A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel, John Irving
A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel, John Irving
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The item A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel, John Irving represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
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- Summary
- In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ball by accident. He believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after 1953 is extraordinary and terrifying. He is Irving's most heartbreaking hero
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 627 p.
- Note
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- This record contains multiple published versions of the same book
- Originally published in 1989
- Isbn
- 9780062204226
- Label
- A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel
- Title
- A prayer for Owen Meany
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- John Irving
- Title variation
- Prayer for Owen Meany
- Subject
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- trueMale friendship
- Belief and doubt -- Fiction
- Birthfathers -- Fiction
- trueChristian fiction
- trueChristians
- trueChristians -- New Hampshire
- Male friendship -- Fiction
- trueMessiahs
- trueMisfits (Persons)
- Mothers -- Death -- Fiction
- trueNew Hampshire
- New Hampshire -- Fiction
- truePrecognition
- Predestination -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Religious fiction
- trueTallness and shortness
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ball by accident. He believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after 1953 is extraordinary and terrifying. He is Irving's most heartbreaking hero
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 1990.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 035735
- Cataloging source
- BIB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Irving, John
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Belief and doubt
- Mothers
- Male friendship
- Predestination
- Birthfathers
- New Hampshire
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel, John Irving
- Note
-
- This record contains multiple published versions of the same book
- Originally published in 1989
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 627 p.
- Isbn
- 9780062204226
- Isbn Type
- (Harper pbk.)
- Note
- Sayer Collection.
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn781135195
- (OCoLC)ocm18557147
- (OCoLC)ocm37913809
- (OCoLC)ocm49932794
- (OCoLC)858310438
- Label
- A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel, John Irving
- Note
-
- This record contains multiple published versions of the same book
- Originally published in 1989
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 627 p.
- Isbn
- 9780062204226
- Isbn Type
- (Harper pbk.)
- Note
- Sayer Collection.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn781135195
- (OCoLC)ocm18557147
- (OCoLC)ocm37913809
- (OCoLC)ocm49932794
- (OCoLC)858310438
Subject
- trueMale friendship
- Belief and doubt -- Fiction
- Birthfathers -- Fiction
- trueChristian fiction
- trueChristians
- trueChristians -- New Hampshire
- Male friendship -- Fiction
- trueMessiahs
- trueMisfits (Persons)
- Mothers -- Death -- Fiction
- trueNew Hampshire
- New Hampshire -- Fiction
- truePrecognition
- Predestination -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Religious fiction
- trueTallness and shortness
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Fiction
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