Las Cenizas de Angela (Angela's Ashes): Una Memoria

In this Spanish edition version of Angela's Ashes, Las Cenizas de Angela recounts McCourt's existence with remarkable exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.

Born in depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants, Frank McCourt experienced a childhood fraught with poverty and occasional cruelty. When the family moves back to Limerick, Frank endures the most miserable of childhoods.

Author: Frank McCourt
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 03/03/1999
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.57w x 1.04d
ISBN: 9780684859330
Language: Spanish

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/1999

About the Author
McCourt, Frank: - Frank McCourt (1930-2009) was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, Angela's Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers John Dewey Award for Excellence in Education.