TEACHER MAN - A MEMOIR
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author who wore his celebrity with extraordinary grace comes a magnificently appealing book about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice.
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 compelling honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faced in the classroom. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he worked to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents.
For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
MCCOURT FRANK
Frank McCourt fue un escritor y profesor irlandés-estadounidense nacido el 19 de agosto de 1930 en Nueva York y fallecido el 19 de julio de 2009. Es conocido por su obra autobiográfica Las cenizas de Ángela 1996 , que narra su infancia en la pobreza extrema en Irlanda y le valió el Premio Pulitzer. También escribió Lo es 1999 y El profesor 2005 , donde relató su vida como inmigrante y docente en Estados Unidos. Su estilo narrativo, lleno de humor y crudeza, lo convirtió en una figura destacada de la literatura contemporánea.
