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A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989 original; edición 1990)

por John Irving

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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.… (más)
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Miembro:splat21
Título:A Prayer for Owen Meany
Autores:John Irving
Información:Black Swan (1990), Edition: New edition, Paperback, 640 pages
Colecciones:Tu biblioteca
Valoración:****1/2
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Oración por Owen por John Irving (1989)

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The last time I read anything by this author was back in 1978, or thereabouts, when I read "The World According to Garp" which I didn't really care for. I wasn't all that captivated by the movie version of his "Cider House Rules", so wasn't in a hurry to read anything else by him, but a patron at the public library I was working in recommended this so I added it to my "want to read" list, where I think it sat for about a year. It's very long, especially if you listen to the audio version, but quite well-narrated, and really quite good. I was nearly finished when I played the beginning of it for my husband, and due to his interest, I ended up listening to the entire thing I'd already heard and then finally got to hear the end.
I liked the many references to classic literature, the characters of the two boys, and their friendship. Another thing I especially like is that at no time, despite its length, does it wander aimlessly leaving you wondering if the author has any idea how it will end. ( )
  TraSea | Apr 29, 2024 |
This book explores the friendship between Owen Meaney and the narrator, John Wheelwright during the years after WWII into the Vietnam era. After Own accidentally kills John's mother, he believes he is God's instrument. His fate is unavoidable and he learns to accept it. He's always been in God's hands. The book deals with themes that permeate adult life after a certain age- faith, doubt, purpose, disillusionment, loss, and grief. ( )
  Chrissylou62 | Apr 11, 2024 |
Not Irving's quirkiest novel, but his most amusing. You will never forget the Christmas pageant scene. Owen is an unforgetable character who speaks in a voice impaired by some sort of early damage to his larnyx. The reader is reminded of this each time he speaks, since his words are placed in capitals throughout the text. “LAST NITE I HAD A DREAM. NOW I KNOW FOUR THINGS. I KNOW THAT MY VOICE DOESN’T CHANGE – BUT I STILL DON’T KNOW WHY. I KNOW THAT I AM GOD’S INSTRUMENT. I KNOW WHEN I’M GOING TO DIE – AND NOW A DREAM HAS SHOWN ME HOW I’M GOING TO DIE. I’M GOING TO BE A HERO! I TRUST THAT GOD WILL HELP ME, BECAUSE WHAT I’M SUPPOSED TO DO LOOKS VERY HARD.”
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  maryelisa | Jan 16, 2024 |
I think I could have enjoyed this book but the author chose to put all of "Owen's" words in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS and it is REALLY ANNOYING TO TRY AND READ A BOOK WITH FREQUENT CAPITALIZATION. I understand why he chose this technique but I think it was unnecessary and ultimately unsatisfying. I gave up on it pretty early on. ( )
  Kim.Sasso | Aug 27, 2023 |
Of all the John Irving I've read this one is still my favorite and holds a place on my top ten list. ( )
  rebwaring | Aug 14, 2023 |
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"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.
añadido por stephmo | editarSalon.com, Cintra Wilson (Sep 30, 1996)
 
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.
añadido por stephmo | editarThe Guardian, Stephen Games (Jun 5, 1989)
 
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.
añadido por stephmo | editarNew York Times, Alfred Kazin (Mar 12, 1989)
 
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.
añadido por Shortride | editarBooklist (Sitio de pago) (Mar 1, 1989)
 
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.
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Irving, John—autor principaltodas las edicionesconfirmado
Barrett, JoeNarradorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Broek, C.A.G. van denTraductorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Veenbaas, JabikTraductorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Vink, NettieTraductorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
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1989
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Owen Meany
John Wheelwright
Dan Needham
Tabitha Wheelwright
Hester Eastman
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Gravesend, New Hampshire, USA
80 Front Street, Gravesend, New Hampshire, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gravesend Academy
Arizona, USA
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963-11-22)
Vietnam War (1959 | 1975)
Iran-Contra Affair (1985 | 1990)
Christmas
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Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
—The Letter of Paul
to the Philippians
Not the least of my problems is that I can hardly even imagine what kind of an experience a genuine, self-authenticating religious experience would be. Without somehow destroying the process, how could God reveal himself in a way that would leave no room for doubt? If there were no room for doubt, there would be no room for me.
—Frederick Buechner
Any Christian who is not a hero is a pig.
—Leon Bloy
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This book is for
Helen Frances Winslow Irving and
Colin Franklin Newell Irving,
my mother and father
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I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice—not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.
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One can learn much through the thin walls of summer houses.
She was just like our whole country—not quite young anymore, but not old either; a little breathless, very beautiful, maybe a little stupid, maybe a lot smarter than she seemed. And she was looking for something--I think she wanted to be good. Look at the men in her life—Joe DiMaggio, Arthur Miller, maybe the Kennedys. Look at how good they seem! Look at how desirable she was! That's what she was: she was desirable. She was funny and sexy—and she was vulnerable, too. She was never quite happy, she was always a little overweight. She was just like our whole country... And those men... Those famous, powerful men—did they really love her? Did they take care of her? If she was ever with the Kennedys, they couldn't have loved her—they were just using her, they were just being careless and treating themselves to a thrill. That's what powerful men do to this country—it's a beautiful, sexy, breathless country, and powerful men use it to treat themselves to a thrill! They say they love it but they don't mean it. They say things to make themselves appear good—they make themselves appear moral. That's what I thought Kennedy was: a moralist. But he was just giving us a snow job, he was just being a good seducer. I thought he was a savior. I thought he wanted to use his power to do good. But people will say and do anything just to get the power; then they'll use the power just to get a thrill. Marilyn Monroe was always looking for the best man—maybe she wanted the man with the most ability to do good. And she was seduced, over and over again—she got fooled, she was tricked, she got used, she was used up. Just like the country. The country wants a savior. The country is a sucker for powerful men who look good. We think they're moralists and then they just use us.
Every day is different; you never know how busy you'll be—most people don't die on schedule, most families don't order gravestones in advance.
. . . twenty-two-year-olds are stubborn.
You can't understand anything by reading the news.
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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.
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