En este libro, Frank McCourt narra sus experiencias como inmigrante, cuando, a los diecinueve años, cumpliendo un sueño largamente alimentado, llega a Nueva York. Durante su primer trabajo en un hotel entra muy pronto en contacto con las estrictas jerarquías de una sociedad «supuestamente» sin clases sociales. Más tarde, tras superar toda clase de obstáculos, tiene por fin la oportunidad de acceder a la Universidad de Nueva York, donde completará sus estudios, abandonados a los catorce años, y se preparará para su futuro trabajo como profesor.Frank McCourt nos obsequia con unos extraordinarios capítulos de su vida adulta y con unas memorables lecciones de humanidad y de supervivencia, en el mismo tono entrañable y lleno de humor con el que consiguió cautivar a millones de lectores en Las cenizas de Ángela.
Biography & AutobiographyPersonal Memoirs
RELEASED1999
PUBLISHERMaeva
LENGTH199
LANGUAGEES
Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and author. McCourt was born in Brooklyn; however, his family returned to their native Ireland in 1934. He received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for his memoir Angela's Ashes (1996), which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick. He is also the author of 'Tis (1999), which continues the narrative of his life, picking up from the end of the previous book and focusing on life as a new immigrant in America. Teacher Man (2005), detailed the challenges of being a young, uncertain teacher who must impart knowledge to his students. His works are often part of the syllabus in high schools. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario. He died of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, at the age of 78. Source: Goodreads.com
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by Fernando Martínez Laínez, Frank McCourt
En este libro, Frank McCourt narra sus experiencias como inmigrante, cuando, a los diecinueve años, cumpliendo un sueño largamente alimentado, llega a Nueva York. Durante su primer trabajo en un hotel entra muy pronto en contacto con las estrictas jerarquías de una sociedad «supuestamente» sin clases sociales. Más tarde, tras superar toda clase de obstáculos, tiene por fin la oportunidad de acceder a la Universidad de Nueva York, donde completará sus estudios, abandonados a los catorce años, y se preparará para su futuro trabajo como profesor.Frank McCourt nos obsequia con unos extraordinarios capítulos de su vida adulta y con unas memorables lecciones de humanidad y de supervivencia, en el mismo tono entrañable y lleno de humor con el que consiguió cautivar a millones de lectores en Las cenizas de Ángela.
Biography & AutobiographyPersonal Memoirs
RELEASED1999
PUBLISHERMaeva
LENGTH199
LANGUAGEES
Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and author. McCourt was born in Brooklyn; however, his family returned to their native Ireland in 1934. He received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for his memoir Angela's Ashes (1996), which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick. He is also the author of 'Tis (1999), which continues the narrative of his life, picking up from the end of the previous book and focusing on life as a new immigrant in America. Teacher Man (2005), detailed the challenges of being a young, uncertain teacher who must impart knowledge to his students. His works are often part of the syllabus in high schools. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario. He died of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, at the age of 78. Source: Goodreads.com
