Frank Mccourt

Audio-CD

Angela's Ashes

Beschreibung

Bestselling author McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic chronicles his heartbreakingly poignant childhood memories.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SIMON & SCHUSTER
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 270 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780743581493
• Artikelnr.: 25467834

Rezensionen

Michiko Kakutani The New York Times The reader of this stunning memoir can only hope that Mr. McCourt will set down the story of his subsequent adventures in America in another book. Angela's Ashes is so good it deserves a sequel.