While playing baseball in the summer of 1953, Owen Meany hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother, and he becomes convinced that he is an instrument of God, in a new edition of Irving's seventh novel, featuring a new introduction by the author. 20,000 first printing.[...]

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.In the summer of 1953, tw[...]

I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice--not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest personI ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother'sdeath, but because he is the reason I believe in God;I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.In the summer of 1953, two e[...]

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 and 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[...]

Ystäväni Owen Meany on kiehtova, järkyttävä ja hauska tarina kahden hyvin erilaisista lähtökohdista olevan pojan ystävyydestä ja ennen kaikkea erikoisesta pojasta, joka uskoo olevansa Jumalan oikea käsi - myös silloin kun hän yksitoistavuotiaana aiheuttaa äidin kuoleman iskemällä base[...]