Joyce James:
Dubliners
Introduction by: BrendaMaddox
Bantam Classics , 1990
Mass paperback, 224 pages
Size: 174x107 mm
ISBN: 9780553213805
ISBN-10: 0553213806
James Joyce
James Joyce, The Twentieth Century's Most Influential Novelist, Was Born In Dublin On February 2, 1882. The Oldest Of Ten Children, He Grew Up In A Family That Went From Prosperity To Penury Because Of His Father's Wastrel Behavior. After Receiving A Rigorous Jesuit Education, Twenty-Year-Old Joyce Renounced His Catholicism And Left Dublin In 1902 To Spend Most Of His Life As A Writer In Exile In Paris, Trieste, Rome, And Zurich. On One Trip Back To Ireland, He Fell In Love With The Now Famous Nora Barnacle On June 16, The Day He Later Chose As "Bloomsday" In His Novel "Ulysses. "Nara Was An U
Brenda Maddox
Brenda Maddox Is An Award-Winning Biographer Whose Work Has Been Translated Into Ten Languages. "Nora: A Biography Of Nora Joyce, " Won The Los Angeles Times Book Prize For Biography, The Silver Pen Award, And The French "Prix Du Mailleur Livre Etranger." Her Life Of D. H. Lawrence Won The Whitbread Biography Award In 1974, And "Yeats's Ghosts, " On The Married Life Of W. B. Yeats, Was Shortlisted For The Samuel Johnson Prize In 1998. She Has Been Home Affairs Editor For The "Economist, " Has Served As Chairman Of The Association Of British Science Writers And Is A Member Of The Royal Society
