James Joyce: Author of Ulysses

Author:   Edna O'Brien ,  Stanley Townsend
Publisher:   Orion Publishing Co
Edition:   Unabridged edition
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9781474614450


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   23 January 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Edna O'Brien depicts James Joyce as a man hammered by Church, State and family, yet from such adversities he wrote works 'to bestir the hearts of men and angels'. The journey begins with Joyce the arrogant youth, his lofty courtship of Nora Barnacle, their hectic sexuality, children, wanderings, debt and profligacy, and Joyce's obsession with the city of Dublin, which he would re-render through his words. Nor does Edna O'Brien spare us the anger and isolation of Joyce's later years, when he felt that the world had turned its back on him, and she asks how could it be otherwise for a man who knew that conflict is the source of all creation. 'A delight from start to finish . . . achieves the near impossibility of giving a thoroughly fresh view of Joyce' Sunday Times 'As skilful, stylish and pacy as one would expect from so adept a novelist' Sunday Telegraph 'Accessible and passionate, it is a book which should bring Joyce in all his glory and agony to a new and very wide audience' Irish Independent

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Author:   Edna O'Brien ,  Stanley Townsend
Publisher:   Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:   Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.172kg
ISBN:  

9781474614450


ISBN 10:   1474614450
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   23 January 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General/trade ,  General ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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A delight from start to finish . . . achieves the near impossibility of giving a thoroughly fresh view of Joyce * SUNDAY TIMES * As skilful, stylish and pacy as one would expect from so adept a novelist * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH * Accessible and passionate, it is a book which should bring Joyce in all his glory and agony to a new and very wide audience * IRISH INDEPENDENT * She has really got under the skin of Joyce


She has really got under the skin of Joyce Accessible and passionate, it is a book which should bring Joyce in all his glory and agony to a new and very wide audience * IRISH INDEPENDENT * As skilful, stylish and pacy as one would expect from so adept a novelist * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH * A delight from start to finish . . . achieves the near impossibility of giving a thoroughly fresh view of Joyce * SUNDAY TIMES *


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Since her debut novel The Country Girls Edna O'Brien has written over twenty works of fiction along with a biography of James Joyce and Lord Byron. She is the recipient of many awards including the Irish Pen Lifetime Achievement Award, the American National Art's Gold Medal and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland she has lived in London for many years.

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