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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:book
gptkb:stage_play
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:film_adaptation
gptkb:film_adaptations
gptkb:stage_adaptation
gptkb:audiobook
gptkb:film
gptkb:stage_play
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gptkbp:adaptation_year
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gptkb:1999
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gptkbp:adapted_into
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gptkb:Pauline_Mc_Lynn
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Frank_Mc_Court
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography_or_Autobiography
gptkb:Tony_Award
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gptkbp:based_on
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gptkb:memoir
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gptkbp:box_office
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successful
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gptkbp:character
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gptkb:Father_O'_Rourke
gptkb:Father_O'_Connell
gptkb:Father_O'_Connor
gptkb:Father_Flynn
gptkb:Mrs._Mc_Carthy
gptkb:Angela_Mc_Court
gptkb:Malachy_Mc_Court
gptkb:Malachy_Mc_Court_Sr.
gptkb:Nora_Mc_Court
gptkb:Patricia_Mc_Court
Mr. Mc Carthy
Mr. O' Neill
Father O' Reilly
Father O' Leary
Father O' Neill
Mrs. O' Neill
Father O' Callaghan
Father O' Sullivan
Mr. Mc Court
Oliver Mc Court
Aunt Agnes
Father O' Callaghan's friend
Father O' Connell's friend
Father O' Connor's friend
Father O' Leary's friend
Father O' Neill's friend
Father O' Rourke's friend
Father O' Sullivan's friend
Frank's siblings
Grandmother Mc Court
Mr. O' Neill's wife
Mrs. Finnegan
Mrs. Mc Court's friend
Uncle Pa Keating
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gptkbp:character_development
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Frank's growth through adversity
Frank Mc Court's growth
Frank's growth
Angela's resilience
Malachy's struggles
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gptkbp:character_relationships
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Frank and his father Malachy
Frank and his friends
Frank and his mother Angela
Frank and his siblings
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gptkbp:choreography
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gptkb:David_Leveaux
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:cultural_identity
economic hardship
family dysfunction
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gptkbp:cover_artist
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gptkb:Michael_Mc_Ginty
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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positive
generally positive
widely acclaimed
highly acclaimed
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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gptkb:significant
widely studied in schools
influential memoir
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gptkbp:cultural_references
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gptkb:Irish_Catholicism
Irish identity
Limerick's social issues
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gptkbp:directed_by
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gptkb:Alan_Parker
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Alan_Parker
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gptkbp:duration
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approximately 2 hours
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gptkbp:educational_value
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used in schools
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gptkbp:features
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live music
dance sequences
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gptkbp:film
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gptkb:Robert_Carlyle
gptkb:Emily_Watson
gptkb:Joe_Breen
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gptkbp:first_released
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gptkb:Lyric_Theatre,_Belfast
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gptkbp:followed_by
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‘ Tis
' Tis
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gptkbp:frank_mc_court's_writing_style
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emotional
reflective
autobiographical
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:memoir
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Great Depression in Ireland
post-World War II Ireland
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Angela's Ashes
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gptkbp:influenced
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subsequent memoirists
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gptkbp:influenced_artists
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emotional resonance
considered a classic
cultural reflection
inspiration for overcoming hardship
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Celtic_mythology
gptkb:William_Butler_Yeats
Irish folklore
biographical storytelling
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Celtic_mythology
gptkb:immigration
gptkb:Catholicism
Irish culture
memoir genre
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gptkbp:inspiration
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Frank Mc Court's childhood experiences
Frank Mc Court's childhood
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gptkbp:inspired_by
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Frank Mc Court's childhood
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gptkbp:isbn
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978-0684864408
978-1565123880
978-0-684-85330-1
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:legacy
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influential in theatre
adaptations continue
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gptkbp:literary_devices
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gptkb:humor
symbolism
flashbacks
imagery
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gptkbp:main_character
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gptkb:Frank_Mc_Court
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gptkbp:motif
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gptkb:education
gptkb:loss
gptkb:religion
gptkb:memory
hope
alcoholism
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gptkbp:music_by
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gptkb:Adam_Cork
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gptkbp:narrative
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first-person
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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lyrical and poignant
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gptkbp:notable_characters
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gptkb:Frank_Mc_Court
gptkb:Angela_Mc_Court
gptkb:Malachy_Mc_Court
gptkb:Margaret_Mc_Court
Eugene Mc Court
Oliver Mc Court
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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“ The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
“ You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
“ I had a happy childhood, but I was a very unhappy child.”
“ You can't take it with you.”
“ I had a dream that I was in a big house with a big garden.”
“ I am a child of the 1930s.”
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gptkbp:page_count
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gptkb:368
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gptkbp:performed_in
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multiple countries
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gptkbp:portrayed_in
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family dynamics
childhood hardships
Irish immigrant experience
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gptkbp:premiered_on
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gptkb:1999
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gptkbp:produced_by
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gptkb:Cameron_Mackintosh
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gptkbp:published
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gptkb:1996
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gptkbp:published_by
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gptkb:Simon_&_Schuster
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gptkbp:published_year
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gptkb:1996
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Scribner
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gptkbp:release_year
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gptkb:1999
gptkb:2007
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gptkbp:sales
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over 5 million copies
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gptkbp:screenplay_by
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gptkb:Laura_Jones
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gptkbp:set_in
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gptkb:Limerick,_Ireland
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Limerick,_Ireland
1930s-1940s
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gptkbp:stage_adaptation_director
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gptkb:Peter_Sheridan
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gptkbp:stage_adaptation_location
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gptkb:Dublin
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gptkbp:stage_adaptation_theater
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gptkb:Gaiety_Theatre
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gptkbp:style
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gptkb:drama
lyrical
humorous
poignant
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gptkbp:symbolism
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the ash tree
the house on Roden Lane
the river Shannon
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:family
struggle
poverty
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gptkbp:themes
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gptkb:family
hope
struggle
childhood
poverty
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gptkbp:translated_into
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multiple languages
several languages
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gptkbp:writer
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gptkb:Laura_Jones
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gptkbp:written_by
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gptkb:Frank_Mc_Court
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Angela's_Ashes:_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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