Description
This Slovak-language edition of Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel. Born in Brooklyn during the Great Depression to an immigrant family, Frank later grows up in Ireland in appalling conditions. His mother Angela has no money to feed or clothe her children because Frank’s father, Malachy, rarely works and spends his wages on drink. Cold, damp and hunger make everyday life a struggle for survival, until all that remains of Angela’s dreams and hopes is ash. Yet Frank’s unbearable and irresponsible father also nurtures his son’s longing for the one thing he can give him: a story. Perhaps this helps Frank survive. Living in rags instead of nappies, begging for a pig’s head for Christmas dinner and collecting coal by the roadside to heat their home, he endures poverty, desperate hunger and the callousness of relatives and neighbours. He not only survives, but eventually tells his story with engaging humour and a remarkable capacity for forgiveness.
Information
Author: McCourt Frank
Language: Slovak
Publication date: March 13, 2026
Manufacturer: IKAR, a.s.
Genres: Books, Foreign language books, Slovak literature
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 459
ISBN/EAN: 9788057504504