Angela's Ashes
Uitgeverij: | Harper Collins UK |
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Uitvoering: | Overig |
Taal: | Engels |
Staat van het boek: | Licht beschadigd |
Aantal Pagina's: | 432 |
Afmetingen: | 128x198x32 |
Verschijningsdatum: | Januari 2005 |
EAN: | 9780007205233 |
Samenvatting
Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s.
It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums - too many children, too little money, his mother Angela barely coping as his father Malachy's drinking bouts constantly brings the family to the brink of disaster. It is a story of courage and survival against apparently overwhelming odds.
Written with the vitality and resonance of a work of fiction, and with a remarkable absence of sentimentality, 'Angela's Ashes' is imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's distinctive humour and compassion. Out of terrible circumstances, he has created a glorious book in the tradition of Ireland's literary masters, which bears all the marks of a great classic.