Učitelj
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9789612413408
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Modrijan
Pages no: 304
Edition language: Slovenian
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Irish Literature,
Teaching,
Education,
Ireland,
Biography Memoir
Series: Frank McCourt (#3)
This is an unabridged version, read by author, running for 9 hours.teacher man - frank mccourt - read by the authortbr busting 2013winter 2012/2013fraudioirish rootmemoirschoolzypub 2005hm, ok - 2*--------------------Teacher Man is a 2005 memoir written by Frank McCourt which describes and reflects ...
I didn't love this book as much as I loved Frank's first 2 books 'Angela's Ashes' and 'Tis' but it was an enjoyable read. I particularly liked reading different stories of some of his students that stand out in his memory and his unconventional teaching methods.
This anecdotal memoir is self-revealing but also tells something about teaching and about the people he taught. McCourt has a constant urge to put himself down, and he reveals a lot of not-so-good things he did (the part where he hit a student was just about unforgivable), as well as constant doubt ...
I liked Angela's Ashes quite a bit, 'Tis slightly less, and this one least of all. Still, there are some interesting parts. The poetry-reading students is pretty funny.McCourt is kind of a melancholic whiner at times. Maybe that's just his upbringing.
I recommend the audio, as it is read by McCourt himself, and he’s a wonderful reader, hah hah (you’ll have to listen to get that). Those who have read [book:Angela’s Ashes] — a marvelous memoir of Frank’s early childhood in Ireland— will remember him growing up in abject poverty, worn to the b...
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