个人简介

FRANK MC COURT was born in 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and eturned to America in 1949. For many years he was a writing teacher at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan.He lives with his wife, Ellen, in NewYork City and Connecticut.

内容简介

Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit, and its profound humanity. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. And now we have 'Tis, the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. The same vulnerable but invin- cible spirit that captured the hearts of readers in Anegela's Ashes comes of age. Frank McCourt's 'Tis is one of the most eagerly awaited books of our time, and it is a masterpiece.