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^ More precisely, the main character of The Tin Drum, Oskar Matzerath, appears split into Owen Meany and John Wheelwright in Irving's book. Many parallels between the characters Owen/John and Oscar are listed on this German website Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, the most obvious being
- Body size
- "Broken" voice
- Both display supernatural powers (Oskar by his own choice stops growing at the age of 3/Owen foresees his future)
- Absence of father (Oskar and John)
- Both work as stonemasons producing gravestones
- Oskar compares himself to Jesus, Owen impersonates him
- Oskar and Owen are improbably intelligent and articulate, even as children
- A war is central to both stories
- Both stories are told in retrospection as well as in present tense
- Oskar prevents an execution by drumming (for which he had trained all his life); Owen prevents the killing of Vietnamese children by applying a basketball shot (for which he had trained all his life)
- ^ See e.g., Irving's NYT article A Soldier Once about Grass' autobiography Peeling the Onion, 8 July 2007.
- ^ a b c Shostak, Debra (Fall 1995). "Plot as repetition: John Irving's narrative experiments". Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. 37 (1): 51. doi:10.1080/00111619.1995.9936480. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ a b c Bernstein, Richard (25 April 1989). "John Irving: 19th-Century Novelist for These Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ James, Caryn (8 March 1989). "Books of The Times: John Irving's 'Owen Meany': Life With Booby Traps". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d Jeon, Hoon Pyo, Jung, Eugena (9 April 2012). "Award winning novelist talks effects of war". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 16 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Irving, John (1989). A Prayer for Owen Meany. New York: William Morrow and Company. ISBN 0688077080.
- ^ Ballenger, Seale (17 February 2012). "John Irving's Beloved Modern Classic A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY to Be Available in E-book Edition For the First Time". Harper Collins Publishers. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ Kazin, Alfred (12 March 1989). "A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Weaver, J. Denny (Summer 2011). "Owen Meany as atonement figure: how he saves". Christian Literature. 60 (4): 613. doi:10.1177/014833311106000408. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ General One File (19 March 1989). "BESTSELLERS: March 19, 1989". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "Author page: John Irving". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ Dale., Brown, W. (1997). Of fiction and faith : twelve American writers talk about their vision and work. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. ISBN 0802843131. OCLC 36994237.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ The Happy Bit. "Book-It Repertory Theatre". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "John Irving's personal thoughts on Simon Birch". 1998-09-07. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ http://catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Performance&id=257.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, A Prayer for Owen Meany". BBC. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "Chat: Chat with Phil Jackson - SportsNation - ESPN Los Angeles". ESPN.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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