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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Text: Spanish (translation)
Original Language: English
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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
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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 L.A. 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.
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This review is from: Lo es (Tis): Una memoria (A Memoir) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Apenas recibi este libro hace unos dias, y hasta ahora lo he disfrutado mucho. No es tan crudo como "Las cenizas de Angela", y conserva la manera tan particilar en la que McCourt narra sus historias. Es un alivio saber que la situacion del autor no es tan apremiante como en su obra anterior. No lo he terminado de leer todavia, pero es un libro que estoy disfrutando mucho. Mas adelante, cuando termine de leerlo, actualizare mi opinion sobre este, pero por ahora puedo recomendarlo con toda seguridad. **************
01/27/07 Ok. Al terminar de leerlo puedo decir con seguridad que el libro ha cubierto todas mis expectativas. Definitivamente ha sido una lectua muy placentera.
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Cuando el vapor Irish Oak zarpo del puerto de Cork en octubre de 1949, esperabamos llegar a la ciudad de Nueva York al cabo de una semana. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mis galones, tomarme una cerveza, media canal, acento americano, una buena taza, voz cortante, las bolsitas, poetas ingleses, letra escarlata, maldita sea, por tonto, las paperas, quedarme sentado, las tabernas, dan ganas, pasar lista, del aula, los ojos irritados, las chicas, mis alumnos, lengua inglesa, los irlandeses, del muelle, dieron ganas, beber algo Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nueva York, Mike Small, Estados Unidos, Tercera Avenida, Rhode Island, Cruz Azul, Eddie Gilligan, Mary Thomas, Paddy Arthur, San Vicente, Fort Dix, Greenwich Village, Park Avenue, Quinta Avenida, Almacenes Portuarios, Andy Peters, Bob Bogard, Eddie Lynch, Nora de Kilkenny, Nueva Inglaterra, San Juan, Vieja Patria, Nueva Guinea, Refrigeradora Mercante, Tom Clifford New!
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Cuando el vapor Irish Oak zarpo del puerto de Cork en octubre de 1949, esperabamos llegar a la ciudad de Nueva York al cabo de una semana. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mis galones, tomarme una cerveza, media canal, acento americano, una buena taza, voz cortante, las bolsitas, poetas ingleses, letra escarlata, maldita sea, por tonto, las paperas, quedarme sentado, las tabernas, dan ganas, pasar lista, del aula, los ojos irritados, las chicas, mis alumnos, lengua inglesa, los irlandeses, del muelle, dieron ganas, beber algo Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nueva York, Mike Small, Estados Unidos, Tercera Avenida, Rhode Island, Cruz Azul, Eddie Gilligan, Mary Thomas, Paddy Arthur, San Vicente, Fort Dix, Greenwich Village, Park Avenue, Quinta Avenida, Almacenes Portuarios, Andy Peters, Bob Bogard, Eddie Lynch, Nora de Kilkenny, Nueva Inglaterra, San Juan, Vieja Patria, Nueva Guinea, Refrigeradora Mercante, Tom Clifford New!
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- Moby Dick (Bibliotheque Des Grands Classiques)(Illustrated) (French Edition) by Melville on page 137
- Moby Dick (Usborne Classics) by H Melville on page 137
- Studs Lonigan (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by James T. Farrell on page 80
- Moby Dick (French Edition) by Herman Melville on page 137
- Moby-Dick, Second Edition (Norton Critical Editions) by Herman Melville on page 137
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