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A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library) by John Irving is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library) about?
SUMMARY: 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 and terrifying. A Prayer for Owen Meany was first published in 1989. This Modern Library edition includes a new Introduction by the author.
Who reads A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- John Irving
- Publisher
- Random House, Incorporated
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062204097
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.22 / 5 (1,025 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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