Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir "Angela's Ashes" recounts his Depression-era childhood in Brooklyn and Limerick. Despite poverty and hardship, Frank's spirit endures.
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Specificaties
| ISBN/EAN | 9780684843131 |
| Auteur | Frank McCourt |
| Uitgever | Simon & Schuster Nederland B.V. |
| Taal | Engels |
| Uitvoering | Paperback / gebrocheerd |
| Pagina's | 464 |
| Lengte | 170.0 mm |
| Breedte | 104.0 mm |
Frank McCourt (1930–2009) was born 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 Los Angeles Times Book Award. He is also the author of the memoirs 'Tis and Teacher Man. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers John Dewey Award for Excellence in Education.