![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Through Johnny’s eyes we see Owen as a diminutive, weirdly voiced sage who believes he is God’s Instrument. The narrator of the novel is eleven year old Johnny, who is Owen Meany’s best friend. Actually I lie about the third reason reasons sound better in threes.īack to Owen Meany. And thirdly, house buying and accompanying tightening of purse strings led me to believe that reading would be a splendid and cheap activity for the time being. Secondly, we were away snowboarding and had about 6 hours of travelling each way, not to mention nights by the log fire in the chalet to consider, and Grazia magazine just wasn’t enough for a week of that. This was further backed up by a chance encounter in the gym (shame on me!) when a random gym lady came up to me and told me that she ‘absolutely loved that book’ (I had been doggedly persevering with it on the cycling machine in my lunch break). ![]() Said sister, when told of my plans to abandon Owen (as we came to anthropomorphise The Book) accused me of fickleness and by inference, inconstancy towards her brother, life, etc. Firstly, I was given the book to read by the bloke’s sister. The reasons for my continuing Herculean attempts to finish it were threefold. Had it been my own choice of reading material, I would undoubtedly have abandoned it a long time ago. Finally finished A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, surpassing my previous record for slowness ( Genome, just too scientific for one sitting), which probably indicates my feelings towards the book. ![]()
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