by Frank McCourt · J'ai lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290305553
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«Les cendres d'Angela» (Las cenizas de Ángela) is Frank McCourt's autobiography, published by J'ai lu in paperback (509 pages, in French).
Frank McCourt recalls his childhood in Catholic Ireland, where his family struggles to survive amid poverty, illness and loss. His father, Malachy, drinks away the money in pubs; his mother, Angela, does the impossible to feed her children. The author recovers his child's perspective to narrate that misery without resentment, with humour and a joy of living.
«Les cendres d'Angela» was originally published as «Angela's Ashes: A Memoir» in 1996 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1997.
Recommended for readers of memoirs and biographies seeking stories of overcoming narrated with humour and a child's perspective.
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.
