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Ironweed Paperback - 1984
by William Kennedy
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.
Summary
Ironweed, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is the best-known of William Kennedy's three Albany-based novels. Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany in a hurry after killing a scab during a trolley workers' strike; he ran away again after accidentally—and fatally—dropping his infant son. Now, in 1938, Francis is back in town, roaming the old familiar streets with his hobo pal, Helen, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and the present...
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- Title Ironweed
- Author William Kennedy
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 227
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 1984-02-07
- ISBN 9780140070200 / 0140070206
- Weight 0.37 lbs (0.17 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.16 x 0.45 in (19.71 x 13.11 x 1.14 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Family - New York (State) - Albany
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 83013470
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"A powerfully affecting work, abounding in humor and heartbreak."Chicago Tribune Bookworld
"A remarkable and most original novel."Alison Lurie
"A remarkable and most original novel."Alison Lurie
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