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Original Essays | December 12, 2009

Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others

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Ironweed

by William Kennedy

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is now a movie directed by Hector Babenco ( Kiss of the Spider Woman) starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. Nicholson plays Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, a man trying to make peace with the ghosts of his past and present. 8 pages of photos.

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Ironweed has been a huge impact for me not only as a reader, but a person. The desperate search for redemption is something many people can relate to, and a major theme of home really sent me into a look into my own life. This book really did change the way I thought about life.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780140070200
Author:
Kennedy, William
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Family
Subject:
New york (state)
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Family -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Fiction.
Subject:
Albany
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Family - New York (State) - Albany
Copyright:
1983
Series Volume:
169
Publication Date:
February 1984
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
227
Dimensions:
7.76x5.16x.45 in. .37 lbs.
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