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Cargando... Oración por Owen (1989)por John Irving
  
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The first time I read this book I was in college - I'm much older now and re-read it for book club. The discussion was great and very interesting to hear from men who actually fought in the Vietnam war. I have read a lot of Irvings books - I also enjoy his characters and the crazy scenes he describes so well. The subject matter of this book was tough for me religion/war, a few parts drug on others were amazing. (  ) carolfoisset | Sep 28, 2021 |  I have such a soft spot for Irving. If I hadn't read Garp or Cider House Rules before this, it would probably be a 4; but I know how good Irving can be. Still, this is a great book. (  ) jaydenmccomiskie | Sep 27, 2021 | politics & religion. I'm out. I did like the 'prop' which was the armadillo in the bag. (  ) Seayla2020 | Aug 21, 2021 | Bob Deel rec  wordloversf | Aug 14, 2021 | Not sure I want to re read it because it was such a tidal wave the first time through. Hair standing up on the back of my neck for parts and tears. ------ Updated October 2011 And yet, I did re read it. A nice retired librarian thrust it at me from her personal collection, what could I do? I'd give it a four this time 'round. I enjoyed parts and there was plenty that I enjoyed as for the first time thanks to my crappy memory. But the sense of the various worlds aligning at the end was not there for me any more. (  ) Je9 | Aug 10, 2021 |
 "Owen Meany" is as sappy as a book can get without having a title like "Coddled By The Light" or "Sauntering Towards the Light" or "Picking Posies in the Fields of the Light," but it's never nauseating or treacly or overly wholesome. It's a nice good fun read, like a quiet vacation. Irving isn't wrangling us with extremes, here -- he gives us a break. You've been beat up enough, he says. I'll do the work for you this time. The result is merciful, healthy, warm and gladdening.  The characters capable of representing such scepticism don't look good on paper, while the book puts all its efforts into promoting a belief in belief. But a belief in belief is something this book lams into elsewhere: the Americans' propensity for decisiveness in the absence of policy. On the green award of the Gravesend Academy, it may seem innocent enough; in the jungles and deserts of international trouble spots, it looks fatally naive. Mr. Irving shows considerable skill as scene after scene mounts to its moving climax. But the thinking behind it all seems juvenile, preppy, is much too pleased with itself. There is something appropriate in the fact that so much of the book takes place in and around a New England academy. The heavily emphasized ''religious'' symbols at the center of the book - the contrast to American aggressiveness offered by the clawlessness of the armadillo, the armlessness of the Indian founder of the town, even John Wheelwright's imbecile joy at being mutilated as still another symbol of his sacrifice of sex to right thinking - all this reminds this long-tried teacher of all the ''Christ symbols'' his students find in everything and anything they have to read. Diminutive Owen Meany, believing himself to be God's instrument, unlocks life's mysteries for his closest friend in this imaginative mix of humor and tragedy. From Booklist, Copyright © American Library Association. Used with permission.  John Irving’s A Prayer For Owen Meany is yet another Irving book that absolutely held my attention, and had me racing to finish it. Irving, perhaps because of his own dyslexia, takes pains to write clearly and readably. He avoids labyrinthine construction. He earns his right to describe things by keeping the action moving. Tiene la adaptaciónTiene como guía de estudio a
John Wheelwright, hoy ya maduro, anglicano y virgen por convicción, recuerda cómo, a los once años, él y su mejor amigo, Owen Meany, un extraño niño enclenque y bajito, de voz quebradiza y una excepcional facultad de predicción, jugaban al béisbol en una pequeña ciudad cuando éste, tras una pelota fuera, mata a la madre de aquél. A partir de ahí, Irving nos introduce en una extraordinaria historia, tierna y terrible, cómica y amarga a la vez, llena de acontecimientos anómalos y a veces hasta milagrosos. Y, poco a poco, descubrimos por qué la provocadora fortaleza de Owen, que se hace llamar «el instrumento de Dios», ejercerá de por vida una mágica fascinación espiritual sobre los actos y sentimientos de John, cuya visión del american way of life se encarna en un pequeño armadillo mutilado y en un maniquí sin brazos, vestido de rojo, remedo de la adorada y hermosa madre muerta, imágenes las dos de un mundo impotente falto de apoyos. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
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