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- With its deeply human characters and rich historical setting, Ironweed provides a moving portrait of life on the bottom rungs of American society. Even as he acknowledges the futility of violence committed by characters like Francis, Kennedy suggests that such characters are, like everyone else, just trying to get by.
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Ironweed. Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF. Access Full Guide.
Set during the Great Depression, Ironweed tells the story of a bum named Francis Phelan. Phelan is a native of Albany, New York who left his family after accidentally killing his infant son. The novel focuses on Phelan's return (after being gone twenty-two years) to Albany over the triduum of All Hallows Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day.
- William Kennedy
- 227 pp
- 1983
- 1983
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Ironweed is the story of one man’s physical and emotional struggle for survival and redemption. All the narrative energy and insight is focused on this one main character, Francis Phelan. A man...
Apr 10, 2018 · From a fortune cookie to a Pulitzer: the story behind William Kennedy's Ironweed. Ironweed’s hero navigates the Great Depression in a drunken haze, but his journey is lit by glowing...
Author 3 books 5,854 followers. February 1, 2021. 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.
