Teacher Man

基本信息

For ages 14

Format Paperback | 258 pages

Dimensions 142 x 216 x 17mm | 245g

Publication date 19 Sep 2006

Publisher SIMON & SCHUSTER

Language English

Illustrations note Illustrations, unspecified

ISBN10 0743243781

ISBN13 9780743243780

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書籍簡介

本書為普利策獎得主弗蘭克·邁考特繼《安琪拉的灰燼》後又一力作，以不動聲色、辛辣詼諧的文字，講述了一個偉大的教書匠從教30年的苦澀與甘甜。

走上講台的第一天，童年受盡飢餓折磨的邁考特，將學生擲落在地的三明治撿起並吃下，結果令路過的校長大為光火；第二天，他又因出言不慎，招致眾多家長的投訴。但邁考特真誠而執著地擁抱學生，與學生分享他的人生故事，將自己作為學生成長的最好素材……這個本來似乎糟糕透頂的教書匠，終於贏得學生們發自內心的尊重，20年後，成為美國“*教師”。

Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York.

Now, here at last is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and compelling honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faced in the classroom. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he worked to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents.

For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure.

作者簡介

弗蘭克·邁考特愛爾蘭裔美籍教師，作家。1930年生於紐約，4歲時舉家遷往愛爾蘭，在貧民窟度過悲慘的童年。13歲輟學，19歲重返美國，當過兵，做過碼頭工人。“家國不幸詩人幸”，邁考特為這句話作了最好的詮釋。苦難童年沒有消磨他的鬥志，反而讓他學會在挫折中成長，在灰燼中微笑。1996年，處女作、自傳體小説《安琪拉的灰燼》出版，一舉獲得普利策文學獎、全美書評獎、洛杉磯時報圖書獎、美國年度好書獎等，連續117周雄踞<紐約時報》暢銷書榜。之後陸續推出《就是這裏了》和《教書匠》，好評如潮，使一個“教書匠”譽滿全球。

《教書匠》於2005年11月出版，一週內即登上《紐約時報》暢銷書榜首，後迅速被譯成20多種文字，受到全世界教師、學生和廣大讀者的普遍好評：“自傳體故事中最真誠的作品”、“教師的《聖經》”、“每個學生需要至少熟讀10遍的温馨文字”。

《教書匠》以一個個生動的故事，用辛辣詼諧的文字，回顧作者30載從教生涯的苦澀與甘甜，講述令人過目難忘的精彩人生。作者從不吝惜對自己的嘲諷，從不否認與學生似敵似友的關係，對規則和權威從骨子裏透出蔑視，幽默和善良也從未在生命中缺席。他從不向學生灌輸什麼，而是在春風化雨問教會了他們唱自己的歌、跳自己的舞、講自己的故事……

Frank McCourt (1930–2009) was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, Angela’s Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers John Dewey Award for Excellence in Education.