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Frank McCourt

    August 19, 1930 – July 19, 2009

    This author explores the complexities of childhood and adolescence through autobiographical works. His writing is known for its raw realism and sharp insight into social and economic hardships. Through his prose, he captures the vulnerability and resilience of the human spirit when faced with adversity. His narratives serve as a powerful reflection on immigrant experiences and the challenges faced by those striving for a better life.

    Frank McCourt
    Our Biggest Fight
    Angela and the Baby Jesus
    Angela's ashes. A memoir of a childhood
    Angela's Ashes : The Story of an Irish Childhood
    Ireland Ever
    Frank McCourt: 'Tis, Teacher man, Angela's ashes (box, 3 svazky)
    • Angela's Ashes, m. 2 Audio-CD

      • 88 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Der kleine Frank erzählt die Geschichte seiner irisch-katholischen Familie, die dem tristen Leben im New York der 1930er entflieht und in der jungen Republik Irland einen Neustart wagt. Limerick wird ihre neue Heimat, doch das Leben dort gestaltet sich äußerst schwierig. Es gibt kaum Arbeit und zu allem Überdruss vertrinkt Franks Vater das Geld, das die Familie so dringend zum Leben braucht.

      Angela's Ashes, m. 2 Audio-CD2014
    • "When my mother, Angela, was six years old, she felt sorry for the Baby Jesus in the Christmas crib at St. Joseph's Church near School House Lane where she lived...."* * * *Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir "Angela's Ashes" is a modern classic. Now he has written a captivating Christmas story about Angela as a child -- often cold and hungry herself -- compelled to rescue the Baby Jesus and take him home. This story is pure McCourt -- genuine, irreverent and moving.It is elegantly illustrated by two-time Golden Kite Award winner Loren Long and is the perfect Christmas story for all ages.

      Angela and the Baby Jesus2007
      4.1
    • Eats Shoots & Leaves

      • 209 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' adopts a militant approach to punctuation and attempts to recruit an army of vigilantes who will send letters back with the punctuation corrected, not accept sloppy emails, and climb ladders with pots of paint to remove redundant apostrophes from signs.

      Eats Shoots & Leaves2006
      3.9
    • Teacher Man

      • 258 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Available at last in paperback is Frank McCourt's critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller about how his 30-year teaching career in the public schools of New York City shaped his second act as a writer.

      Teacher Man2005
      3.8
    • Ireland Ever

      The Photographs of Jill Freedman

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      A photographic portrait of the Irish landscape and its people commemorates traditional regional life with a range of duotone photographs, complemented with texts by best-selling Irish-American authors including Angela's Ashes's Frank McCourt and Singing My Him Song's, Malachy McCourt. 35,000 first printing.

      Ireland Ever2003
      4.1
    • Yeats is Dead!

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      A serial novel by 15 of the brightest talents in Irish writing (including Marian Keyes, Pauline McLynn, Gina Moxley and Frank McCourt), telling an elaborate tale of murder, mayhem and literary shenanigans in present-day Dublin. Approximately #1 from every copy sold will go to Amnesty International.

      Yeats is Dead!2002
      3.2
    • Las cenizas de Ángela: Lo es

      Continuación de Las cenizas de Ángela

      • 522 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      The sequel to Frank McCourt's memoir picks up in October 1949, when he returns to America after his family had moved back to Ireland due to poor prospects. Now an awkward 19-year-old with a "pimply face, sore eyes, and bad teeth," he feels out of place among the confident college students he encounters. His American experience is initially as harrowing as his impoverished youth in Ireland, marked by two of the bleakest Christmases ever depicted. McCourt's sharp eye and dark humor illuminate the challenges he faces, including race prejudice, casual cruelty, and dead-end jobs, as he seeks a way out. A glimmer of hope emerges through the army, where he gains white-collar skills, and New York University, which accepts him without a high school diploma. However, his path to teaching creative writing at Stuyvesant High School is fraught with difficulties. McCourt's exceptional openness to human emotion allows even the most troubled individuals he meets to be richly portrayed, fostering a sense of uncomfortable kinship. His magical prose, infused with Irish cadences, elevates even the most sorrowful events, culminating in a poignant final scene in a Limerick graveyard.

      Las cenizas de Ángela: Lo es2001
      3.5
    • Doodslag in Dublin

      Een roman door vijftien Ierse schrijvers

      • 239 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Vijftien Ierse auteurs. Moord en doodslag, onveilige seks, schoonmaakartikelen en een gestolen manuscript. En een goed doel. Doodslag in Dublin is een zeer bijzondere, geestige en briljante literaire thriller; als ook een combinatie van satire en hilarische serie-roman. Het goede doel: een belangrijk deel van de opbrengst van het boek zal naar Amnesty International gaan. Vanaf het eerste hoofdstuk. geschreven door niemand minder dan Roddy Doyle, tot en met het laatste, van de hand van Frank McCourt, wordt de lezer in Doodslag in Dublin meegevoerd op een onvergetelijke speurtocht naar een literaire schat met een geheime formule.

      Doodslag in Dublin2001
      2.4
    • 'Tis: A Memoir

      • 335 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Angela’s Ashes, continues Frank McCourt's journey as an immigrant in America. Celebrated for its spirit, wit, and profound humanity, Angela's Ashes tells a tale of redemption where storytelling becomes a source of salvation. Now, 'Tis recounts Frank's American experience from impoverished immigrant to esteemed teacher and storyteller. Arriving in New York at nineteen, he meets a priest on the boat and secures a job at the Biltmore Hotel, where he faces the stark social hierarchies of America. Drafted into the army, he trains dogs and types reports in Germany. Frank's unique voice, humor, and keen ear for dialogue make these experiences captivating. Upon returning to America in 1953, he works on the docks, defying societal expectations that immigrants should "stick to their own kind." Recognizing the importance of education despite leaving school at fourteen, he persuades New York University to admit him. There, he falls for a quintessential Yankee and pursues his dreams. Ultimately, it is through teaching and writing that Frank discovers his true place in the world. The same resilient spirit that resonated in Angela's Ashes comes of age in this eagerly awaited masterpiece.

      'Tis: A Memoir1999
      3.8
    • Korean edition of a New York Times bestseller and the Pulitzer Prize-winning book ANGELA'S ASHES: A Memoir by Frank McCourt. Despite extreme poverty and desperation of his childhood McCourt recounts his early age in an affecting and uplifting voice in this luminous memoir. Translated by Kim Lucia. In Korean. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

      Angela's Ashes : The Story of an Irish Childhood1996
      4.2
    • Angela's ashes. A memoir of a childhood

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Frank McCourt returned to America when he was nineteen. For many years, he was an English teacher at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. The sequel to "Angela's Ashes, 'Tis, " will be published in the fall of 1999. McCourt lives in Connecticut.

      Angela's ashes. A memoir of a childhood1996
      4.2