Tis: A MemoirSimon and Schuster, 22.09.1999 г. - 368 страници 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 of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank lands in New York at age nineteen, in the company of a priest he meets on the boat. He gets a job at the Biltmore Hotel, where he immediately encounters the vivid hierarchies of this "classless country," and then is drafted into the army and is sent to Germany to train dogs and type reports. It is Frank's incomparable voice -- his uncanny humor and his astonishing ear for dialogue -- that renders these experiences spellbinding. When Frank returns to America in 1953, he works on the docks, always resisting what everyone tells him, that men and women who have dreamed and toiled for years to get to America should "stick to their own kind" once they arrive. Somehow, Frank knows that he should be getting an education, and though he left school at fourteen, he talks his way into New York University. There, he falls in love with the quintessential Yankee, long-legged and blonde, and tries to live his dream. But it is not until he starts to teach -- and to write -- that Frank finds his place in the world. The same vulnerable but invincible spirit that captured the hearts of readers in Angela's Ashes comes of age. As Malcolm Jones said in his Newsweek review of Angela's Ashes, "It is only the best storyteller who can so beguile his readers that he leaves them wanting more when he is done...and McCourt proves himself one of the very best." Frank McCourt's 'Tis is one of the most eagerly awaited books of our time, and it is a masterpiece. |
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... knew it was a sure way to get attention even though I'd argue with them , tell them I was the oldest , that it was my dream and they'd better stay out of it or there would be trouble . They told me I had no right to that dream for ...
... knew it was a sure way to get attention even though I'd argue with them , tell them I was the oldest , that it was my dream and they'd better stay out of it or there would be trouble . They told me I had no right to that dream for ...
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... knew I was from Limerick and when he sneered at Limerick I didn't know what to do . I'd like to destroy him with a smart remark but then I'd look at myself in the mirror , pimply face , sore eyes , and bad teeth and know I could never ...
... knew I was from Limerick and when he sneered at Limerick I didn't know what to do . I'd like to destroy him with a smart remark but then I'd look at myself in the mirror , pimply face , sore eyes , and bad teeth and know I could never ...
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... knew the responses to the Mass better than anyone and they'd be blessing themselves and standing and kneeling and sighing over their prayers as if they felt the pain of Our Lord more than the rest of the congregation . Some had given up ...
... knew the responses to the Mass better than anyone and they'd be blessing themselves and standing and kneeling and sighing over their prayers as if they felt the pain of Our Lord more than the rest of the congregation . Some had given up ...
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... knew that if I ever talked to the rich Protestants I'd have to smile and show my destroyed teeth and that would be the end of it . The minute I made some money in America I'd have to rush to a dentist to have my smile mended . You could ...
... knew that if I ever talked to the rich Protestants I'd have to smile and show my destroyed teeth and that would be the end of it . The minute I made some money in America I'd have to rush to a dentist to have my smile mended . You could ...
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... knew about priests was that they said Mass and every- thing else in Latin , that they heard my sins in English and forgave me in Latin on behalf of Our Lord Himself who is God anyway . It must be a strange thing to be a priest and wake ...
... knew about priests was that they said Mass and every- thing else in Latin , that they heard my sins in English and forgave me in Latin on behalf of Our Lord Himself who is God anyway . It must be a strange thing to be a priest and wake ...
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