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Ironweed by kennedy, william, 1928publication date 1983 topics family publisher new york. Based on the william kennedy novel of the same name ironweed is set in the waning years of the depression. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. It is included in the western canon of the critic harold bloom. Years ago he left albany in a hurry after killing a scab during a trolley workers strike. Meryl streep and jack nicholson gunned for gold statues in this widely. This tale, set during the depression, tells about francis phelan and other inhabitants of skid row in albany, new york. One is the gloriously checkered history of francis phelan as young lover of the neighbor lady in silk, star of baseball. Winner of the pulitzer prize and the national book critics circle award for fiction in this pulitzer prizewinning novel, the third in kennedys albany cycle, francis phelan, exballplayer, parttime. The book was published in multiple languages including english. As i expected, the movie paled in comparison to the book, despite the screenplay being written by kennedy himself. It won the pulitzer in 1984 beating out cathedral by raymond carver and the feud by thomas berger, neither of which i have read yet. Ironweed, william kennedy is making american literature. Francis phelan, exballplayer, parttime gravedigger, fulltime drunk, has hit bottom.
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