Is death a theme in A Prayer for Owen Meany?
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Is death a theme in A Prayer for Owen Meany?
Irving at the Iowa Writer's Workshop:
When he was first beginning his writing career, John Irving spent some time in the 1960s working with Kurt Vonnegut at the famed Iowa Writer's Workshop. Faculty at this workshop have included literary luminaries like Robert Penn Warren, John Cheever, and Flannery O'Connor.
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View this answerYes, many of the recurring questions that the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany ask the reader to consider revolve around life, death, and the ways in...
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Chapter 6 / Lesson 42'A Prayer for Owen Meany' by John Irving is a popular novel about an unusual friendship between two young boys. This asset contains classroom discussion questions about this novel.