by Frank McCourt · HARPER PERENNIAL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007205233
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«Angela's Ashes» is Frank McCourt's memoir, published by Harper Perennial in paperback (464 pages, in English).
Frank McCourt recalls his childhood between Depression-era Brooklyn and the poor neighborhoods of Limerick, where he and his siblings struggle to survive because of his father's alcoholism and lack of money. Despite hunger, illness, and loss, the author narrates the misery through the eyes of a child who finds comfort in stories and in a humor that never fades.
First installment of Frank McCourt's memoir series, originally published in 1996 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1997.
For readers of memoirs and Irish literature, as well as survival stories told with humor and humanity.
Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
