书籍介绍
Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is.
This is John Irving's most comic novel, yet Owen Meany is Mr. Irving's most heartbreaking character.
"Roomy, intelligent, exhilarating and darkly comic...Dickensian in scope....Quite stunning and very ambitious."
LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"John Irving is an abundantly and even joyfully talented storyteller."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKR EVIEW
约翰•欧文（John Irving），被美国文坛泰斗冯内古特喻为“美国最重要的幽默作家”，是当代最知名的小说家之一，他作品中所呈现的高超的说故事技巧与优美的文学性，使人们常将他与狄更斯和J. D. 塞林格等重量级小说家相提并论。他的小说不仅赢得书评界的一致推崇，而且叫好又叫座，是西方最畅销的小说家之一。
用户评论
幽默而不失深度，流畅而意蕴丰富，犹如一道清爽而回味绵长的甜点。很久没有一部小说能如这本，让人迫不及待地想要读下去。
My most favourite English novel of all time. I have never been so emotionally invested and mentally absorbed in a novel as much as while reading this one. A masterpiece that'll stand against the erosion of time. Owen Meany is a fictional character that will be burning like a bright supernova in my mind for many years to come.
紧赶慢赶,终于在临走前用一天一章的速度解决了...只是为了最后十页!!!Johnny说知道生父是多么pointless的事阿.我也觉得pointless阿!为什么要写阿...完全就没有意义...我本也费解杀母仇人=好基友这种奇怪的段子.阅毕全书,倒也不觉奇怪了.
简直就是花了半个学期在读这本书啊，幸亏强迫症够坚定，不然真的没法坚持读完。
信仰。
看过的最好的小说之一。
It's a good completely story about the life of Owen Meany from born to death. He studied, worked, practiced baseball, loved based on the faith to the God. "Reading is a gift… If you care about something, you have to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it."
亲娘啊这本书我要做seminar啊... 我其实也是一个比较信神的无神论者了，毕竟在天主教学校里呆了三年。感觉有些情节串在一起还是挺奇妙的吧，但是大多数时候真的不知道john irving在吧吧吧吧的说什么。
终于看完这本了。这本书的开头就不平常，说欧文是自己有信仰的真正原因，但同时欧文也是自己母亲死亡的原因。欧文和John的情谊贯穿全篇，知道最后结尾揭示出欧文是怎么死的。约翰·欧文(John Irving)的书每次都给你意想不到的故事冲击。这本也是不到最后不知道它的走向，尽管在中部就知道欧文会死去。最后的结尾看完也是唏嘘不已。