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Ironweed is a 1983 novel by American author William Kennedy. [2] Ironweed received the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction [3] and is the third book in Kennedy's Albany Cycle. [4] It is included in the Western Canon of the critic Harold Bloom. [5] The novel was adapted into a 1987 film of the same name.
Feb 7, 1984 · Ironweed: A Novel. Paperback – February 7, 1984. by William J. Kennedy (Author) 4.2 548 ratings. See all formats and editions. National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, 1983. Pulitzer Prize Winner, 1984. “ [W]ith Ironweed, William Kennedy is making American literature.”—The Washington Post Book World. Francis Phelan has hit bottom.
- William J. Kennedy
Ironweed is the third book of William Kennedy's Albany series which focuses on the character Francis Phelan, father of the protagonist of his previous book Billy Phelan's Greatest Game and referring at times to events in the first book of this series, Legs.
Winner of the Pultizer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Ironweed “goes straight for the throat and the funnybone” (The New York Times). William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle of novels reflect what he once described as the fusion of his imagination with a single place.
Feb 7, 1984 · Winner of the Pultizer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Ironweed “goes straight for the throat and the funnybone" (The New York Times). William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle of novels reflect what he once described as the fusion of his imagination with a single place.
- William Kennedy
Dec 22, 2011 · The beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis of the film starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. Francis Phelan, ex-big-leaguer, part-time gravedigger, full-time bum with the...
Winner of the Pultizer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Ironweed “goes straight for the throat and the funnybone" (The New York Times). William Kennedy’s...
