I am a high school English teacher. I just finished reading "Teacher Man". Wonderful book by a man who knew what teaching was about and he told the truth. Wish I had read the book earlier so I could have written to Mr. McCourt and told him how much I identify with the book. R.I.P Mr. McCourt.
I love all his books, he's a wonderful writer and I'm glad he felt compelled to write his story. He led a crappy life but he still kept going. Look what the world would have missed if he had passed away without leaving a trace of himself behind.
I am so sad that Frank McCourt is gone. I absolutely loved his book, it was my favorite, and read it at least four times. It was a dream of mine to meet him, sadly never realized. God bless Frank!
some people have the power to touch and change our life's...such was and always will be frankie,cause the greatness of the great is that they never stop to inspire.thank you from the bottom of my heart :(:(
Damn you Frank! You left us way too soon! How many more triumphs in Literature could you have given us. I was looking forward to your next and next and next books!! You will be sadly missed by this reader and so many others. Your style doesn't happen along very often and it could be years before anyone comes close! R.I.P. Mr.McCourt
love the way he's not wearing a tie and his wrist watch is strung upside down. That's the great thing about Frank. He wasn't some 'smart-ass, haughty taughty blue blooded Oxfordian scholar' of an author. He was the common guy, down on his luck, up in his pints, the regular slacky you'd bump into at the pub and wake up the next morning having had no memory of bumping into. He had no airs, he had insecurities. He was one of us. He was just plain human. Rest in peace, Mr. McCourt, teacher man.
Thanks ForaTv. Watched the hour-plus long version from the link - could have listened on forever. Felt like I was the young boy, McCourt, eavesdroping on the mesmerizing talk of grown-ups - from the flickering shadows of the stairway. Delightful. jb
@sweptangel7 He was my teacher at McKee 64-68. He was thought of as a bit of a Bohemian...original Beatnik. He introduced me to Jack London and Edgar A Poe. He hung around with Stan Garber who was a speech therapist at the same school. Even though he was thought of as being "cool" we always addressed him as Mr McCourt because we respected teachers and authority in general.
Looking at my bookshelf right now, I have 2 copies of Angela's Ashes, 3 copies of Teacher Man, and 1 copy of 'Tis. (This is after I already gave 1 copy of Angela to my niece, 1 copy of Teacher Man to a friend.) I also have Teacher Man audio on my iPod. Obviously I don't need multiple copies, but it's obvious that your books are the ones I most want to share with others. Thank you, Mr. McCourt, RIP.
It is not sad. He lived a long life and he survived the miserable childhood as I did too. He was a great success, and an inspiration to millions. What a legacy!
Try his books as Audiobooks. I don't normally advocate them but in the case of McCourt's books they are BRILLIANT. When reading Angela's Ashes it's possible to miss the point & just see parts as desperate, sad, etc. Yes, they are those things but they are poigniantly amusing as well, & because they are narrated by McCourt the humour really comes across. When he talks about Malachy showing his bare arse he actually cracks up laughing which adds to the character of these exceptional books.
This has GOT to be my absolute favourite book/movie of all time. Frank McCourt writes about his early childhood and poverty-stricken life in Ireland. I laughed between my tears, felt his pain and hunger and just fell completely in love with him!
I love his book. I just cannot put the book down... Laughing between tears is so accurate.I feel so bad for children with poverty like that. I wonder what happened to his father in the end.
@sweptangel7 --How do you define fact? Perception is reality, and "fact" is a very slippery concept. Our memories shape who we are. We are the result of our perceptions of our experience. However, I don't know what your point is. What difference does it make, in terms of McCourt's writing?
I wish i am able to read it in English, and feeling so pathetic after reading in Chinese even though i am just a Chinese student who doesn't have any religious beliefs.
The book Angela's Ashes is a memoir, not an autobiography, so it must be treated as such. Remember, memoirs are a genre of fact BLENDED with the author's personal memory (not fact!).
How does one define fact? Fact is the opposite of fiction and is substantiated with proof. What's my point? My point is that someone noted that the story was embellished. My rebuttal was that it is a memoir, which doesn't necessitate facts. Memoirs are stories told by the author through the manner in which they either: 1) remember them or; 2) the way in which they want to tell them. By the way, fact is not a slippery concept - assumptions are a slippery concept. Consider mathematics and fact.
Actually, many folks in Limerick were ashamed of the poverty and tried to say that McCourt had made this up and "it wasn't all that bad." Many people (my own mother included) are in denial about how bad it really was. Also there is jealousy that Frank made it; he became successful. More than successful, he became the rock star of the literary world! Why can't they be happy he got out of that awful situation and made a great life for himself and his wife & daughter? How fantastic that he did not let the poverty and neglect destroy him.
I am a high school English teacher. I just finished reading "Teacher Man". Wonderful book by a man who knew what teaching was about and he told the truth. Wish I had read the book earlier so I could have written to Mr. McCourt and told him how much I identify with the book. R.I.P Mr. McCourt.
definitely one of the greatest authors of the entire world! rest in peace.
He was a high school English teacher; imagine having had Frank McCourt as your English teacher! Now THAT would have been fantastic.
I love all his books, he's a wonderful writer and I'm glad he felt compelled to write his story. He led a crappy life but he still kept going. Look what the world would have missed if he had passed away without leaving a trace of himself behind.
I am so sad that Frank McCourt is gone. I absolutely loved his book, it was my favorite, and read it at least four times. It was a dream of mine to meet him, sadly never realized. God bless Frank!
some people have the power to touch and change our life's...such was and always will be frankie,cause the greatness of the great is that they never stop to inspire.thank you from the bottom of my heart :(:(
R.I.P. Frank McCourt, you'll always be my hero..
Love you Frank! I'll miss ya.
Damn you Frank! You left us way too soon! How many more triumphs in Literature could you have given us. I was looking forward to your next and next and next books!! You will be sadly missed by this reader and so many others. Your style doesn't happen along very often and it could be years before anyone comes close!
R.I.P. Mr.McCourt
RIP Frank, you did us a great service.
You will be missed.
love the way he's not wearing a tie and his wrist watch is strung upside down. That's the great thing about Frank. He wasn't some 'smart-ass, haughty taughty blue blooded Oxfordian scholar' of an author. He was the common guy, down on his luck, up in his pints, the regular slacky you'd bump into at the pub and wake up the next morning having had no memory of bumping into. He had no airs, he had insecurities. He was one of us.
He was just plain human.
Rest in peace, Mr. McCourt, teacher man.
Thanks ForaTv. Watched the hour-plus long version from the link - could have listened on forever.
Felt like I was the young boy, McCourt, eavesdroping on the mesmerizing talk of grown-ups - from the flickering shadows of the stairway. Delightful. jb
@sweptangel7 He was my teacher at McKee 64-68.
He was thought of as a bit of a Bohemian...original Beatnik.
He introduced me to Jack London and Edgar A Poe.
He hung around with Stan Garber who was a speech therapist at the same school.
Even though he was thought of as being "cool" we always addressed him as Mr McCourt because we respected teachers and authority in general.
Looking at my bookshelf right now, I have 2 copies of Angela's Ashes, 3 copies of Teacher Man, and 1 copy of 'Tis. (This is after I already gave 1 copy of Angela to my niece, 1 copy of Teacher Man to a friend.) I also have Teacher Man audio on my iPod. Obviously I don't need multiple copies, but it's obvious that your books are the ones I most want to share with others. Thank you, Mr. McCourt, RIP.
listen to what he's saying!!!! he was so gifted and insightful. you leave on frank!!
FRANKIE PULLED OFF A MIRACLE!!! AT 84 HAVE NOW READ "Angela"s" THREE TIMES. I LEARNED I AM 65% IRISH....MAY HE RIP!!!
WOW...i just found out that he passed...
i absolutely loved his work and enjoyed his books...so sad...RIP Frank McCourt...
It is not sad. He lived a long life and he survived the miserable childhood as I did too. He was a great success, and an inspiration to millions. What a legacy!
Try his books as Audiobooks. I don't normally advocate them but in the case of McCourt's books they are BRILLIANT. When reading Angela's Ashes it's possible to miss the point & just see parts as desperate, sad, etc. Yes, they are those things but they are poigniantly amusing as well, & because they are narrated by McCourt the humour really comes across. When he talks about Malachy showing his bare arse he actually cracks up laughing which adds to the character of these exceptional books.
@BMWLDRider You are fortunate to have had Frank McCourt as a teacher! I envy you!
This has GOT to be my absolute favourite book/movie of all time. Frank McCourt writes about his early childhood and poverty-stricken life in Ireland. I laughed between my tears, felt his pain and hunger and just fell completely in love with him!
I love his book. I just cannot put the book down... Laughing between tears is so accurate.I feel so bad for children with poverty like that. I wonder what happened to his father in the end.
R.I.P Mr. Frank McCourt - You will never ve forgotten - You are comfortable now - Poverty was a bad dream...
I just finished Angela's Ashes tonight and I thought it was sooo good!
R.I.P from Spain
R.I.P
Frankie's with Angela and the Baby Jesus now... Peace be with you!
A great man has left us.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
We will miss you. Now you´re living in a better place.
rip mr Mccourt
Well, he actually wrote about them in his paper route, and how much he envied them and how spoiled they were in his eyes.
If you've read Angela's Ashes, you will want to read Tis as well. After you read Tis, read A Monk Swimming, by Malachy Jr. :D
@sweptangel7 --How do you define fact? Perception is reality, and "fact" is a very slippery concept. Our memories shape who we are. We are the result of our perceptions of our experience. However, I don't know what your point is. What difference does it make, in terms of McCourt's writing?
i can fell him very well ,,,
Poor people ALL OVER THE WORLD are ashamed of their poverty only when across the street there is wealth.
Right you are, acalabretta!
Did he ever reconcile with his father?
I wish i am able to read it in English, and feeling so pathetic after reading in Chinese even though i am just a Chinese student who doesn't have any religious beliefs.
That guy in green looks like Nani lol
The book Angela's Ashes is a memoir, not an autobiography, so it must be treated as such. Remember, memoirs are a genre of fact BLENDED with the author's personal memory (not fact!).
How does one define fact? Fact is the opposite of fiction and is substantiated with proof. What's my point? My point is that someone noted that the story was embellished. My rebuttal was that it is a memoir, which doesn't necessitate facts. Memoirs are stories told by the author through the manner in which they either: 1) remember them or; 2) the way in which they want to tell them. By the way, fact is not a slippery concept - assumptions are a slippery concept. Consider mathematics and fact.
Actually, many folks in Limerick were ashamed of the poverty and tried to say that McCourt had made this up and "it wasn't all that bad." Many people (my own mother included) are in denial about how bad it really was. Also there is jealousy that Frank made it; he became successful. More than successful, he became the rock star of the literary world! Why can't they be happy he got out of that awful situation and made a great life for himself and his wife & daughter? How fantastic that he did not let the poverty and neglect destroy him.
RIP FRANK 1930-2009
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