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»Natürlich hatte ich eine unglückliche Kindheit, eine glückliche lohnt sich ja kaum. Schlimmer als die normale unglückliche Kindheit ist die unglückliche irische Kindheit, und noch schlimmer ist die unglückliche irische katholische Kindheit.« Frank McCourts Erinnerungen an seine Jugend in den 30er und 40er Jahren gehören zum Schrecklichsten und zugleich Schönsten, was je über Irland und die Besonderheiten der irischen Seele geschrieben worden ...

Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with "Angela's Ashes, " the Pulitzer Prize -- winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came "'Tis, " his glorious account of his early years in New York.Now, here at last, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. "Teacher Man" is also an ur...

Frank McCourts hinreißende Weihnachtsgeschichte ist zugleich eine wahre Geschichte aus der Kindheit seiner Mutter Angela, die sich zu Beginn des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts in Limerick ereignete.

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.

When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood". So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ir...

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Die Geschenkausgabe mit der abgerundeten Ecke: anspruchsvolle Haptik, hochwertiges Papier, mit Lesebändchen, kleines Format. Frank McCourts Erinnerungen an seine Jugend in den dreißiger Jahren gehören zum Schrecklichsten und zugleich Schönsten, was je über Irland und die irische Seele geschrieben wurde.

Negli anni Cinquanta, i cieli delle città americane (e anche gli schermi dei relativi cinema) pullulavano di oggetti volanti non identificati. L'oggetto che il primo giorno di scuola attraversa il cielo della classe, sotto gli occhi attoniti del professor Frank McCourt, è invece identificabilissimo: un panino che l'immancabile mamma italiana ha farcito, a beneficio del suo pupo, con peperoni, cipolla, formaggio fuso e mortadella. Se la prima i...

Characters: 2 maleBare stageA Couple of Blaguards, a two-man show by literary greats Frank and Malachy McCourt, is a bubbling stew of their well-known humor with a dash of poignancy to sharpen the flavor. A comedic springboard for Angela's Ashes, 'Tis, and Malachy's A Monk Swimmin', this brilliantly structured comedy is a proven crowd-pleaser offering solid entertainment. Similar to Frank McCourt's best-selling novels, the story follows the tr...

Frank McCourt was born in 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, "Angela's Ashes, " won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the "L.A. Times" Book Award. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts...

FROM THE PULIZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER "ANGELA'S ASHES"Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, "Angela's Ashes, " has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the "Los Angeles Times" Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Rarely has a book so swiftly found its place on the literary landscape.And now we have "'Tis, " the story of Frank's American journey ...

Dopo aver raccontato, nelle "Ceneri di Angela", la sua infanzia "infelice, irlandese e cattolica" come il più atroce e ilare dei mondi possibili, McCourt ci trasporta qui nell'America del secondo dopoguerra. E precisamente in una New York proletaria, dove fra case di mattoni rossi, pub di emigrati irlandesi e banchine ingombre di merci, con la quinta lontana e irraggiungibile di Manhattan, Frankie si trova a percorrere, passo dopo passo, un fa...

Frank McCourt continues his life story in the brilliant, bestselling sequel to the million-selling `Angela's Ashes'.

Angelanin Küllerindeki kara mizah devam ediyor... Lirik bir ses ve muhtesem bir diyalog düzenleme yetenegi... Frank McCourt altmis alti yasinda, yani on yil önce hic beklenmedik bir anda Angelanin Külleri adli eseriyle Pulitzer Ödülünü kazanarak edebiyat dünyasina bir yildiz gibi düstü.Simdi McCourt uzun süredir beklenen yeni eserinde otuz alti yillik ögretmenlik mesleginin yasamina bir yazar olarak nasil yön verdigini anlatiyor.Ögretmen, McCo...

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Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s.

Il romanzo narra le vicende del giovane McCourt giunto in America con l'intenzione di riscattare l'infelice infanzia irlandese, raccontata nelle "Ceneri di Angela". La scena è quella di New York nel secondo dopoguerra. Una New York proletaria, dove fra case di mattoni rossi, pub di emigrati irlandesi e banchine ingombre di merci, con la quinta di Manhattan lontana ed irraggiungibile, Frankie si trova a percorrere, passo dopo passo, un faticoss...

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Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound humanity. A tale of redemption, in which storytelling itself is the source of salvation, it won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Rarely has a book so swiftly found its place on the literary landscape.And now we have 'Tis, the story...

In this appealing memoir, McCourt describes his own coming of age as a teacher, a storyteller, and, ultimately, a writer.