The Resource A prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
A prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
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Resource Information
The item A prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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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 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 and terrifying
- Language
- eng
- Label
- A prayer for Owen Meany
- Title
- A prayer for Owen Meany
- Statement of responsibility
- John Irving
- Title variation
- Simon Birch
- Subject
-
- Mothers -- Fiction
- Religious fiction
- Psychological fiction
- New Hampshire -- Fiction
- trueMale friendship
- Belief and doubt -- Fiction
- trueNew Hampshire
- trueMisfits (Persons)
- Christian fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- trueMessiahs
- truePsychological fiction
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- Boys -- Fiction
- trueModern classics
- truePrecognition
- Young men -- Fiction
- Predestination -- Fiction
- Birthparents -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueChristians -- New Hampshire
- trueTallness and shortness
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the summer of 1953, two 11-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 and terrifying
- Summary
- Owen Meany hits a foul ball while playing baseball in the summer of 1953 that kills his best friend's mother, an accident that Owen is sure is the result of divine intervention
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 1990.
- Great American Read, 2018.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 035735
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3559.R8
- LC item number
- P7 1989
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19834245
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st trade ed.
- Extent
- 543 pages
- Isbn
- 9780688077082
- Lccn
- 88013839
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm18557147
- Label
- A prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19834245
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st trade ed.
- Extent
- 543 pages
- Isbn
- 9780688077082
- Lccn
- 88013839
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm18557147
Subject
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- Belief and doubt -- Fiction
- Birthparents -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Boys -- Fiction
- Christian fiction
- trueChristians -- New Hampshire
- Friendship -- Fiction
- trueMale friendship
- trueMessiahs
- trueMisfits (Persons)
- trueModern classics
- Mothers -- Fiction
- trueNew Hampshire
- New Hampshire -- Fiction
- truePrecognition
- Predestination -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- Religious fiction
- trueTallness and shortness
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction
- Young men -- Fiction
Genre
- trueBooks to movies
- trueChristian fiction
- Fiction
- trueModern classics
- truePsychological fiction
- trueReligious fiction
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