This is a used hardback book with dust jacket in very good condition!
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Condition: Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition.
Author: Frank McCourt
Publisher: Scribner ISBN-10: 0684848783
Subject: Biography & Autobiography ISBN-13: 9780684848785
Topic: Literary Format: Hardcover
Language: English Publication Year: 1999
Synopsis
Frank McCourt continues the story of his impoverished life which he began in ANGELA'S ASHES, using his characteristic charm and self-deprecating humor to describe his military service in Europe and his return to New York, where he struggled to gain an education and eventually became a teacher. While most of the book sparkles with his Irish wit, the story darkens a bit when McCourt reveals that he eventually felt compelled to leave his wife and family, seemingly duplicating his own father's betrayal, which was the primary cause of the relentless poverty which haunts McCourt's memoirs. ‘TIS was named a New York Times Notable Book in 1999.
Size
Length: 367 pages
Height: 9.8 in.
Width: 6.3 in.
Thickness: 1.2 in.
Weight: 21.6 oz.
Publisher's Note
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
Industry reviews
[T]his book has the same clairvoyant eye for quirks of class, character, and fate [as ANGELA'S ASHES], and also a distinct picaresque quality. It's a quest for an America of wholesome Hollywood happiness that doesn't exist, and it's about the real America--rendered with comic affection--that McCourt discovers along the way."
Klepp
"McCourt seems less in control in this book and at times is powerless to keep himself from becoming the stage Irishman, crying in his beer, milking sentiment until it becomes false, mistaking talk for thought....If 'TIS sometimes becomes tedious when telling how McCourt became a stranger in a strange land, it is profound when dealing with his unappeasable past....'TIS has all those elements that made ANGELA'S ASHES such a success--the narrative brio, the fierce sympathy for human tic and torment, the intuitive feel for character and above all the love of language and that very Irish understanding that words are our only weapon in our long quarrel with God."
Collier
"This is a refreshing Frank McCourt--learned, ever so thoughtful. He is almost given to 'emotion recollected in tranquillity.' In writing of the dissolution of his first marriage and the deaths of his parents, he does not strive for Dickensian poignancy. Here's the fellow who can prove himself in ink and need not romanticize the writer or presume there was no place of honor for the teacher. 'TIS a success story, after all."
Howard
"'TIS is a more ambitious book than ANGELA'S ASHES and a more complicated one....McCourt's prose is still distinguished by his perfect pitch. His dialogue is second to none, precise, evocative....Powerful and haunting, this second book will cement his reputation as an accomplished and important writer."
Flanagan
"'TIS is a considerably angrier book than ANGELA'S ASHES....largely animated by the feelings of resentment and envy that the young McCourt experienced in trying to overcome his family's legacy of poverty and deprivation....[The] descriptions are enlivened by McCourt's resilient sense of humor, they do not possess the lyricism or searing intimacy that fueled his childhood reminiscences in ANGELA'S ASHES."
Kakutani
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Book Condition Descriptions
{{Like New}} no tears, some creasing, overall the book is in great shape with minimal wear.
{{Very Good}} Small flaws, overall the book has a nice appearance, showing a small amount of wear.
{{Good}} More flaws, initials, and various other flaws (cover creasing, hinge tears, worn spots, stains, etc.) The book is still good but shows some wear.
{{Acceptable}}Serious damage or loose spine/pages, reading copy only.
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