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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:15 am Post subject: Frank McCourt has a new book |
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The author of "Angela's Ashes" and "'Tis" has a new nonfiction book out called "Teacher Man" as I saw in the top ten list of nonfiction best sellers in the US, in the IHT paper today.
Anybody find this book yet? I figure it won't be in Korea for a while, but am looking forward to it. I really enjoyed his other two. And the movie for "Angela's Ashes" was good too. And his brother Macauly (sp.?) wrote a good one too, called "A Monk Swimming."
God love the Irish, heartrending expressers of the dark and sublime. |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Frank McCourt has a new book |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| God love the Irish, heartrending expressers of the dark and sublime. |
I've got the dark down pretty good... When is the sublime 'sposed to kick in? |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:40 am Post subject: |
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Sorry,
Was thinking more of Yeats perhaps? |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Frank's little brother is called "Malachi" but I don't know how to pronounce it. If it's the last book of the Old Testament, it's usually pronounced "MAL-eck-eye" but I wonder if the Irish name isn't pronounced "Mul-ACK-ey." Best get a second opinion. I loved "A Monk Swimming." Filthy and funny. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| kermo wrote: |
| Frank's little brother is called "Malachi" but I don't know how to pronounce it. If it's the last book of the Old Testament, it's usually pronounced "MAL-eck-eye" but I wonder if the Irish name isn't pronounced "Mul-ACK-ey." Best get a second opinion. I loved "A Monk Swimming." Filthy and funny. |
Well, I'm Irish, and Malachy is my father's name, so you won't get a much better pronunciation coach on this issue!!!!
The modern Irish pronunciation is "Mal-ah-kee". |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:42 am Post subject: |
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Ah yes, Malachy. That sounds right. Easy to confuse unfamiliar names. He told quite a story, didn't he, about some crazy things he did.
"Angela's Ashes" was sad, but you could tell it was great even if you read it before it was hailed as great. A Korean girl had that book years ago and let me borrow it.
I found the guy's writing and style really enjoyable. He had quite a time in his youth, making it a story worth telling when told well. |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Angela's Ashes was well worth a read. I'll have to check out his new one. |
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