Lo es (Tis): Una memoria (A Memoir) (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

McCourt, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743204239 ISBN 13: 9780743204231

Publisher: Touchstone, 2000

Synopsis

The Spanish edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, TIS is the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant with rotten teeth, infected eyes, and no formal education to brilliant raconteur and schoolteacher. Saved first by a straying priest, then by the Democratic party, then by the United States Army, then by New York University-- which admitted him on a trial basis, though he had no high school diploma-- Frank had the same vulnerable but invincible spirit at nineteen that he had at eight, and still has today. And TIS is a tale of survival as vivid, harrowing, and often hilarious as ANGELA'S ASHES. Yet again, it is through the power of storytelling that Frank finds a life for himself. TIS blesses readers with another chapter of McCourt's story, but as it closes, they will want still more.

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From the Publisher

El exito de libreria numero 1 del New York Times

" 'Lo es' es despues de todo, una historia de exito."--Maureen Howard, The New York Time Book Review

" 'Lo es' es un gran libro. Claro que lo es!"--Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times

" 'Lo es', por fin, una triunfante historia estadounidense--el triunfo de un maestro. . . de un escritor cuyas palabras estamos ansiosos por leer."--Jackie Jones Bleecker, The San Diego Union-Tribune

"Esa magnifica voz ha regresado en plena forma, tan cuativadora y calmante como un hipnotizador de teatro. Deleitandole desde la banqueta de un bar o desde el atril de un maestro, McCourt esta constante y totalment en dominio de esta hisoria. . . Una dulce, dulce oda a la memoria: a la experiencia minuto a minuto de una vida real, vuelta despues a imaginar."--Gail Caldwell, Boston Sunday Globe

"McCourt se situa como un Dickens de nuestros tiempos, un escritor que puede quitarle a la sociedad sus numerosas capas como si fuera una cebolla, y revelar su centro."--Mary Ann Gwinn, The Seattle Times

" 'Lo es' tiene esos elementos que hicieron de 'Las cenizas de Angela' un exito tal: el impetu narrativo, la profunda compenetracion con el dolor humano, el sentimiento intuitivo de los personaljes y, sobre todo, el amor por el idioma y ese entedimiento, tan irlandes, de que las palabras son nuestra unica arma en nuestra larga disputa con Dios."--Peter Collier, Los Angeles Times Book Review

About the Author

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Touchstone
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0743204239
• ISBN 13: 9780743204231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416