Condición: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: First ] Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Pub Date: 12/16/1999 Binding: Audio Pages: 4 First edition.
Publicado por SCRIBNERS. NY 1999, 1999
ISBN 10: 0006551815 ISBN 13: 9780006551812
Librería: Infinity Books Japan, Tokyo, TKY, Japon
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The same vulnerable but invincible spirit that captured our hearts in the P ulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes comes of age in 'Tis. Listen as Frank tells in his own inimitable voice his story of how at the a ge of 19 he traveled from Limerick to New York in pursuit of the American d ream. Despite the abundance of unsolicited advice he gets to "join the cops " and "stick to his own kind", Frank knows that he should educate himself a nd somehow rise above his circumstances. And though he left school at 14, he talks his way into New York University, falls in love with the quintessential Yankee, long-legged and blond, and tries to live his dream. But it is not until he starts to teach - and to write - that Frank finds his place in the world. And for those of us who are lucky enough to come across his writings - and captivating readings - 'Tis a wonderful thing that he did.
Publicado por Scribner, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684874350 ISBN 13: 9780684874357
Librería: Infinity Books Japan, Tokyo, TKY, Japon
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good/Very Good. Pulitzer Prize, Biography/Autobiography, 1997 National Book Critics Circle, Biography/Autobiography, 1997 Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, movingly read in his own voice, bears all the marks of a classic. Born in Depression-era Brooklyn to Irish immigrant parents, Frank was later raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. His mother, Angela, had no money to feed her children since Frank's father, Malachy, rarely worked, and when he did, he drank his wages. Angela's Ashes is the story of how Frank endured - wearing shoes repaired with tires, begging for a pig's head for Christmas dinner, and searching the pubs for his father - a tale he relates with eloquence, exuberance, and remarkable forgiveness.