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安琪拉的灰燼 Angela's Ashes
《安琪拉的灰燼》以幽默生動的筆法描述了一個貧民窟孩子成長與奮鬥的感人經歷。面對貧窮、挫折、苦難，作者邁考特則選擇以樂觀進取的精神與命運抗爭，實現了自己的夢想，成為美國青年一代心目中自強奮鬥的偶像。
這本書字裏行間充滿了苦難，但是它不叫人絶望，主人公在成長着，在拼命地吸吮着苦難的乳汁成長。這成長的歷程是無堅不摧的。儘管弗蘭剋與他的兄弟們在物質上非常貧窮，但他們總是很快樂，有很多渴望，很多夢想，很多激情，感覺很富有。令全世界無數讀者為之感動。
該書平凡人的故事深深打動了數以千萬的讀者，並因此獲得了普利策文學奬等多項大奬。本書雄踞《紐約時報》暢銷書榜長達117周之久。美國《好書》雜志評論說，“這本書的成功靠的是真心被感動的讀者的口口相傳”。
安琪拉的灰燼-作品簡介
這是一本好書；在中國當下的語境中（到處彌漫着庸俗的享樂主義），它就更是一本好書了。——著名學者、作傢 曹文軒
此書能使我們中國的數量大得驚人的窮孩子們，從自己的母親身上，發現天使的影子……——著名作傢 梁曉聲
我是從下午開始讀這本書的。躺在床上讀，讀完後是凌晨四點。合上書本，我發現有兩滴冰涼的眼淚挂在腮邊。
我很奇怪，這本書字裏行間充滿了苦難，但是它不叫人絶望。我細細地琢磨着這個原因，她像有些明白了。主要公在成長着，在拼命地吸吮着苦難的乳汁成長。這成長的歷程是無堅不摧的。——著名作傢 高建群
教人珍惜幸福、激人迎難而上的內藴，與引人入勝的敘事、流暢優美的文筆一起，構成了《安琪拉的灰燼》讓人久讀不厭的魅力。——著名文學評論傢 白燁
《安琪拉的灰燼》堪稱近年來少見的具有影響力而又兼具人文風格的回憶錄！——《紐約時報》
很少有一本書能像《安琪拉的灰燼》這樣能以苦中作樂、感傷而又不失樂觀積極的精神感動讀者。這本書的成功靠的不是誇大詞的宣傳，而是真心被感動的讀者的口口相傳。——美國《好書》雜志
一旦翻開這本精彩動人的書就不能歇手，非要看到弗蘭剋的童年結束為止。——《辛德勒名單》作者托馬斯·肯尼利
【內容提要】
《安琪拉的灰燼》以幽默生動的筆法描述了一個貧民窟孩子成長與奮鬥的感人經歷。面對貧窮、挫折、苦難，作者邁考特則選擇以樂觀進取的精神與命運抗爭，實現了自己的夢想，成為美國青年一代心目中自強奮鬥的偶像。
這本書字裏行間充滿了苦難，但是它不叫人絶望，主人公在成長着，在拼命地吸吮着苦難的乳汁成長。這成長的歷程是無堅不摧的。儘管弗蘭剋與他的兄弟們在物質上非常貧窮，但他們總是很快樂，有很多渴望，很多夢想，很多激情，感覺很富有。令全世界無數讀者為之感動。
該書平凡人的故事深深打動了數以千萬的讀者，並因此獲得了普利策文學奬等多項大奬。本書雄踞《紐約時報》暢銷書榜長達117周之久。美國《好書》雜志評論說，“這本書的成功靠的是真心被感動的讀者的口口相傳”。
Plot summary
Born in Brooklyn, New York on 19 August 1930, Frank McCourt was the eldest son of Malachy and Angela McCourt. Frank McCourt lived in New York with his parents and four younger siblings: Malachy, born in 1931; twins Oliver and Eugene, born in 1932; and a younger sister, Margaret, who died just a few weeks after birth, in 1935. Following this first tragedy, his family moved back to Ireland, where the twin brothers died within a year of the family's arrival and where Frank's youngest brothers, Michael (b. 1936) and Alphie (b. 1940), were born.
Life in Ireland, specifically life in Limerick City, during the 1930s and 1940s is described in all its grittiness. The family lived in a dilapidated, unpaved lane of houses that regularly flooded and where they shared one outdoor toilet with all their neighbors. Although his father taught the children Irish stories and songs, he was an alcoholic and seldom found work. When he did find work, he spent his pay in the pubs. His family was forced to live on the dole since he could not hold down a paying job for very long due to his alcoholism. The father would often pick up and spend the welfare payment before Angela could get her hands on it. For years the family subsisted on little more than bread and tea. They lived in fear of eternal damnation for not praying or doing devotions as often as prescribed by Roman Catholic Church authorities. Despite all the hardships, many passages of the story are told with wry humor and charm.
Frank's father eventually found a job at a defence plant in Coventry, England, yet he sent money back to his struggling family in Ireland only once. As there were few jobs for women at the time, their mother was forced to ask for help from the Church and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. Sometimes, Frank and his brothers scavenged for lumps of coal or peat turf for fuel or stole bread in order to survive. Angela's mother (a widow) and sister refused to help because they disapproved of her husband, mostly because he was from Northern Ireland.
In the damp, cold climate of Ireland, each child had only one set of ragged clothes, patched shoes, and lacked a coat. Frank developed typhoid and was hospitalized. Later, he got a job helping a neighbor who had leg problems; he delivered coal for the neighbor and as a result developed chronic conjunctivitis. The family was finally evicted after they took a hatchet to the walls of their rented home to burn for heat. The family was forced to move in with a distant relative who treated them very badly and eventually forced a sexual relationship on Frank's mother, Angela. As a teenager, Frank worked at the post office as a telegram delivery boy and later delivered newspapers and magazines for Eason's. He also worked for the local money lender, writing threatening demand letters as a means to save enough to finally realize his dream of returning to the United States. When the money lender died, he found her hidden money, and threw her ledger of debtors into the river. The story ends with Frank's sailing into Poughkeepsie, New York, ready to begin a new life at age nineteen.
Awards and recognition
Angela's Ashes won several awards, including the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, the 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) and the 1997 Boeke Prize.
Controversy
Many in Limerick have claimed that McCourt's recollections of the city are inaccurate. In an interview in 2000, Richard Harris took McCourt to court over his attitude toward Limerick and the citizens of the city.
這本書字裏行間充滿了苦難，但是它不叫人絶望，主人公在成長着，在拼命地吸吮着苦難的乳汁成長。這成長的歷程是無堅不摧的。儘管弗蘭剋與他的兄弟們在物質上非常貧窮，但他們總是很快樂，有很多渴望，很多夢想，很多激情，感覺很富有。令全世界無數讀者為之感動。
該書平凡人的故事深深打動了數以千萬的讀者，並因此獲得了普利策文學奬等多項大奬。本書雄踞《紐約時報》暢銷書榜長達117周之久。美國《好書》雜志評論說，“這本書的成功靠的是真心被感動的讀者的口口相傳”。
安琪拉的灰燼-作品簡介
這是一本好書；在中國當下的語境中（到處彌漫着庸俗的享樂主義），它就更是一本好書了。——著名學者、作傢 曹文軒
此書能使我們中國的數量大得驚人的窮孩子們，從自己的母親身上，發現天使的影子……——著名作傢 梁曉聲
我是從下午開始讀這本書的。躺在床上讀，讀完後是凌晨四點。合上書本，我發現有兩滴冰涼的眼淚挂在腮邊。
我很奇怪，這本書字裏行間充滿了苦難，但是它不叫人絶望。我細細地琢磨着這個原因，她像有些明白了。主要公在成長着，在拼命地吸吮着苦難的乳汁成長。這成長的歷程是無堅不摧的。——著名作傢 高建群
教人珍惜幸福、激人迎難而上的內藴，與引人入勝的敘事、流暢優美的文筆一起，構成了《安琪拉的灰燼》讓人久讀不厭的魅力。——著名文學評論傢 白燁
《安琪拉的灰燼》堪稱近年來少見的具有影響力而又兼具人文風格的回憶錄！——《紐約時報》
很少有一本書能像《安琪拉的灰燼》這樣能以苦中作樂、感傷而又不失樂觀積極的精神感動讀者。這本書的成功靠的不是誇大詞的宣傳，而是真心被感動的讀者的口口相傳。——美國《好書》雜志
一旦翻開這本精彩動人的書就不能歇手，非要看到弗蘭剋的童年結束為止。——《辛德勒名單》作者托馬斯·肯尼利
【內容提要】
《安琪拉的灰燼》以幽默生動的筆法描述了一個貧民窟孩子成長與奮鬥的感人經歷。面對貧窮、挫折、苦難，作者邁考特則選擇以樂觀進取的精神與命運抗爭，實現了自己的夢想，成為美國青年一代心目中自強奮鬥的偶像。
這本書字裏行間充滿了苦難，但是它不叫人絶望，主人公在成長着，在拼命地吸吮着苦難的乳汁成長。這成長的歷程是無堅不摧的。儘管弗蘭剋與他的兄弟們在物質上非常貧窮，但他們總是很快樂，有很多渴望，很多夢想，很多激情，感覺很富有。令全世界無數讀者為之感動。
該書平凡人的故事深深打動了數以千萬的讀者，並因此獲得了普利策文學奬等多項大奬。本書雄踞《紐約時報》暢銷書榜長達117周之久。美國《好書》雜志評論說，“這本書的成功靠的是真心被感動的讀者的口口相傳”。
Plot summary
Born in Brooklyn, New York on 19 August 1930, Frank McCourt was the eldest son of Malachy and Angela McCourt. Frank McCourt lived in New York with his parents and four younger siblings: Malachy, born in 1931; twins Oliver and Eugene, born in 1932; and a younger sister, Margaret, who died just a few weeks after birth, in 1935. Following this first tragedy, his family moved back to Ireland, where the twin brothers died within a year of the family's arrival and where Frank's youngest brothers, Michael (b. 1936) and Alphie (b. 1940), were born.
Life in Ireland, specifically life in Limerick City, during the 1930s and 1940s is described in all its grittiness. The family lived in a dilapidated, unpaved lane of houses that regularly flooded and where they shared one outdoor toilet with all their neighbors. Although his father taught the children Irish stories and songs, he was an alcoholic and seldom found work. When he did find work, he spent his pay in the pubs. His family was forced to live on the dole since he could not hold down a paying job for very long due to his alcoholism. The father would often pick up and spend the welfare payment before Angela could get her hands on it. For years the family subsisted on little more than bread and tea. They lived in fear of eternal damnation for not praying or doing devotions as often as prescribed by Roman Catholic Church authorities. Despite all the hardships, many passages of the story are told with wry humor and charm.
Frank's father eventually found a job at a defence plant in Coventry, England, yet he sent money back to his struggling family in Ireland only once. As there were few jobs for women at the time, their mother was forced to ask for help from the Church and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. Sometimes, Frank and his brothers scavenged for lumps of coal or peat turf for fuel or stole bread in order to survive. Angela's mother (a widow) and sister refused to help because they disapproved of her husband, mostly because he was from Northern Ireland.
In the damp, cold climate of Ireland, each child had only one set of ragged clothes, patched shoes, and lacked a coat. Frank developed typhoid and was hospitalized. Later, he got a job helping a neighbor who had leg problems; he delivered coal for the neighbor and as a result developed chronic conjunctivitis. The family was finally evicted after they took a hatchet to the walls of their rented home to burn for heat. The family was forced to move in with a distant relative who treated them very badly and eventually forced a sexual relationship on Frank's mother, Angela. As a teenager, Frank worked at the post office as a telegram delivery boy and later delivered newspapers and magazines for Eason's. He also worked for the local money lender, writing threatening demand letters as a means to save enough to finally realize his dream of returning to the United States. When the money lender died, he found her hidden money, and threw her ledger of debtors into the river. The story ends with Frank's sailing into Poughkeepsie, New York, ready to begin a new life at age nineteen.
Awards and recognition
Angela's Ashes won several awards, including the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, the 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) and the 1997 Boeke Prize.
Controversy
Many in Limerick have claimed that McCourt's recollections of the city are inaccurate. In an interview in 2000, Richard Harris took McCourt to court over his attitude toward Limerick and the citizens of the city.
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