by Frank McCourt · EMBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788415140269
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«Las cenizas de Ángela» is Frank McCourt's memoir, published by Embolsillo in paperback (488 pages, in Spanish).
It recalls Frank McCourt's childhood in Limerick (Ireland), marked by poverty, hunger, corporal punishment and his father's alcoholism. Despite the harshness of those experiences, the narrative exudes humor, compassion and hope, without hatred or self-pity, and has become a classic of memoir literature.
Pulitzer Prize in 1997; over 17 million copies sold. Original title: Angela's Ashes: A Memoir. Translation by Alejandro Pareja Rodríguez.
For readers of memoirs and Irish literature, and for those who appreciate autobiographical accounts that combine social drama and humor.
Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
