Tis, a memoir

Resumen del libro

Angela's Ashes' was a publishing phenomenon. Frank McCourt's critically-acclaimed, lyrical memoir of his Limerick childhood won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics' Circle Award, the Royal Society of Literature Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award amongst others, and rapidly became a word-of-mouth bestseller topping all charts worldwide for over two years. It left readers and critics alike eager to hear more about Frank McCourt's incredible, poignant life.

'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 hilarious as Angela's Ashes. Yet again, it is through the power of storytelling that Frank finds a life for himself. It is only the best storyteller who can so beguile his readers that he leaves them wanting more when he's done. McCourt proves himself one of the very best' (Newsweek). With Tis', McCourt blesses his readers with another chapter of his story, but as it closes, they will want still more.

Biografía del autor

Frank McCourt nació en Brooklyn en 1930, la época de la Depresión. El cuento de Navidad es un género clásico de la literatura anglosajona y hacía ya tiempo que tanto lectores como libreros y editores, pedían a Frank McCourt que escribiera uno. Dada la exquisita sensibilidad demostrada por el autor de obras como Lo es, El profesor o el best seller mundial Las cenizas de Ángela, parecía obvio esperar de él que tocara un género que Charles Dickens convirtió en clásico. McCourt, autor de una obra tardía pero de fulgurante éxito, es hoy en día uno de los autores de más prestigio de la literatura mundial.