New Releases by Frank McCourt

Un conmovedor cuento de Navidad, lleno de ternura y magia, firmado por la mano maestra del autor de Las cenizas de Ángela.Es Navidad en la gélida ciudad irlandesa de Limerick, y la pequeña Ángela, de seis años, piensa que el niño Jesús debe estar pasando mucho frío en la iglesia. Así que se lo lleva cariñosamente en brazos hasta el calor de su casa. Su hermano la descubre y se lo cuenta todo a su madre. Afortunadamente para Ángela, la madre no se lo cree y el Niño Jesús puede seguir arropado en su cama, resguardado del terrible frío que asola la ciudad. Pero en la iglesia el párroco no tarda en descubrir la misteriosa desaparición y avisa a la policía. ¿Quién habrá sido capaz de cometer semejante robo?

Frank McCourt er nå tilbake med en oppfølger til "Engelen på det sjuende trinn" fra 1997 om oppveksten i Irland. Den nye boken handler om McCourts voksne liv i Amerika. Med stor varme og innlevelse skildres hans ankomst til"det forjettede land" som fattig nittenåring, hans mangslungne karriere som blant annet hotelltjener, bryggesjauer, soldat og engelsklærer, i tillegg til de utroligste historier om prester, puber, damer og amerikansk dobbeltmoral. I velkjent stil, med en blanding av høy komikk og skarpt alvor, gir McCourt et dypt personlig portrett av sitt møte med det amerikanske samfunnet.

In this tribute to teachers everywhere. McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments, singalongs and field trips. As he struggles to find his way in the classroom, he spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. The book shows McCourt developing his ability to tell a great story as he works to gain the attention and respect of unruly or indifferent adolescents. His rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph. D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York''s most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice.--From publisher description.

In this tribute to teachers everywhere. McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments, singalongs and field trips. As he struggles to find his way in the classroom, he spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. The book shows McCourt developing his ability to tell a great story as he works to gain the attention and respect of unruly or indifferent adolescents. His rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York''s most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice.--From publisher description.

Selvbiografisk roman af den irskfødte Frank McCourt, som fortæller om sine 30 år som lærer og om, hvordan han blev forfatter

Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela''s Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize -- winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came ''Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York. Now, here at last, is McCourt''s long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments (he instructs one class to write "An Excuse Note from Adam or Eve to God"), singalongs (featuring recipe ingredients as lyrics), and field trips (imagine taking twenty-nine rowdy girls to a movie in Times Square!). McCourt struggles to find his way in the classroom and spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he works to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. McCourt''s rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York''s most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice. "Doggedness," he says, is "not as glamorous as ambition or talent or intellect or charm, but still the one thing that got me through the days and nights." For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure.

Herinneringen van de Iers-Amerikaanse schrijver aan zijn dertigjarig leraarschap aan verschillende scholen in New York.

Autobiografisch relaas waarin een gepensioneerde Amerikaanse onderwijzer zijn jeugd in het Ierse Limerick in de jaren ''30 en ''40 beschrijft vanuit het perspectief van het kind dat hij was.

Freedman celebrates the beauty of the land, the warmth of her people, the simplicity of the old ways, the humor and conviviality, the sharp wit and black moods, and the kindness. Her work is a love poem to a wild and passionate beauty.

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Frank McCourt, ganador del premio Pulitzer, escribe su autobiografía en la que el esfuerzo y la tenacidad lo llevan a alcanzar sus objetivos.

Continues the sometimes harrowing tale of the author''s youth as he immigrates from Ireland to the United States, joins the Army, goes to college, and begins building a life.