Modlitwa za Owena - John Irving • BookLikes (ISBN:9788374697385)

Modlitwa za Owena

by: John Irving (author)

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Historia osobliwa i wzruszająca, okraszona czarnym humorem, pełna mrocznego, gorzkiego symbolizmu.
Najbardziej niezwykły utwór w dorobku pisarza, łączący elementy powieści inicjacyjnej i surrealistycznej, komedii, rozprawy teologicznej, pamfletu politycznego.
Snując opowieść o dorastaniu pokolenia, któremu przyszło się zmierzyć z doświadczeniem wojny w Wietnamie, autor podjął próbę przeniknięcia tajemnicy ludzkiego losu. Kluczem do niej jest kontrowersyjna postać tytułowego bohatera. Kim jest Owen Meany? Ofiarą ślepego trafu czy też wizjonerem, który przejrzał zamysły samego Boga? Nowym Mesjaszem czy bluźniercą? Zbiorowym sumieniem pokolenia młodych Amerykanów walczących w Wietnamie, czy może wyzwaniem – albo przestrogą?

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Format: papier

ISBN: 9788374697385

Publish date: 2008 (data przybliżona)

Publisher: Prószyński i S-ka

Pages no: 504

Edition language: Polski

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Classics, Novels, Literature, Book Club, Literary Fiction, Contemporary

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A tidbit I learned whilst reading was that much like the narrator, John Wheelwright, John Irving's mother never revealed the identity of his father to him. Apparently this book contains a lot of Irving's biography (well mixed with fiction) which may interest someone, but not really me. The thought...

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Synopsis: "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 summ...

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[Marilyn Monroe] 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 soemtihng . . . She was never quite happy, she was always a little overwieght. She...

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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. This is one of the mot ...

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