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Lädt ... A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel (Original 1989; 2012. Auflage)von John Irving (Autor)
Werk-InformationenOwen Meany von John Irving (1989)
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Dieses Buch ist eines der Besten Bücher John Irvings. Mit seinem dunklen und subtilen Humor überrascht das Buch wie immer gegenüber der getragenen, bewegenden und mitreißenden Geschichte. ( ) Zeige 2 von 2
"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. Bearbeitet/umgesetzt inIst gekürzt inHat als Erläuterung für Schüler oder StudentenAuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige AuswahlenBemerkenswerte Listen
Die bewegende Geschichte der einzigartigen Freundschaft zwischen Owen Meany und John Weelwright - zugleich eine Abrechnung mit dem Amerika von heute, vom Vietnamkrieg bis zum Cowboy Reagan. SW: Amerika / Nordamerika
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