by Frank McCourt · Adelphi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845915611
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«Le ceneri di Angela» is Frank McCourt's autobiography, published by Adelphi in paperback (377 pages, in Italian).
The book recalls Frank McCourt's childhood in Ireland in the 1930s and 1940s, marked by extreme poverty, his father's alcoholism and the deaths of several siblings. Through the child's eyes, the narrative combines harshness and humor, and shows how literature and wit allow him to survive adversity.
First volume of Frank McCourt's trilogy; Gli Adelphi collection, 174. Translation by Claudia Valeria Letizia. Original work: 'Angela's Ashes: A Memoir' (1996), winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
For readers of memoirs and narrative nonfiction, interested in twentieth-century Ireland and stories of personal overcoming.
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.
