James Joyce (1882-1941) is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. As a young man he rejected his country and its religion, but went on to carefully recreate the Dublin of his youth in his fiction. Ulysses was banned in Britain and the United States, but has since been recognised as a masterpiece that revolutionized the modern novel. Despite failing eyesight and domestic worries, his last book, Finnegans Wake, is a celebration of the great human comedy in which each of us has a part.
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Ian Pinder is a writer and editor. He reviews regularly for the Guardian, the Times Literary Supplement and the London Review of Books.
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Paperback. Etat : Fair. Illustrated. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. N° de réf. du vendeur 1904341586-7-1
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Vendeur : Postscript Books, Newton Abbot, DEVON, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : New - Very Good. Despite growing up in straitened circumstances and having to move many times as a child, Joyce succeeded in gaining a place at Dublin's University College, where he forged the aesthetic philosophy that would shape his fiction. This detailed study explores the crucial events in his life and how his work balances the abstract with the everyday. Slightly off-mint. N° de réf. du vendeur 542389
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Vendeur : Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, Etats-Unis
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Vendeur : Crappy Old Books, Barry, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Good. Welcome to Joyce (2004) by Ian Pindar (Life?s Times), ISBN 9781904341581 ? a book with the audacity to take one of literature?s most mythologised men and present him in the compact, approachable form of a person you can actually read about without needing a postgraduate seminar and three strong coffees . Because James Joyce is usually encountered as a kind of cultural weather system: towering, complicated, endlessly referenced, occasionally weaponised (?Have you read Ulysses ?? asked in the tone of a moral test). Pindar?s Joyce aims to be the antidote to all that solemnity. It?s a brisk, human-scale portrait of a writer whose life is often obscured by the size of the reputation ? the glasses, the exile, the languages, the money worries, the eye trouble, the drinking, the relentless, stubborn labour of turning everyday life into art that made the everyday look strange forever after. You?ll get the essential Joyce story: Dublin as the emotional home he kept leaving and returning to in his work; the self-invention of the young artist; the long European years; the slow, obsessive construction of the big books; the friends, patrons, enemies, and bewildered bystanders; the family life that was both anchor and complication. It?s a reminder that Joyce wasn?t born ?Joyce.? He became Joyce through persistence, charisma, risk, and a frankly heroic commitment to his own vision. The irony, of course, is that Joyce the man often seems more straightforward than Joyce the brand. He wanted to write about ordinary people in extraordinary detail. He wanted to capture the music of thought. He wanted to get it right. He also needed rent money and medical help and readers who would tolerate his genius. The life contains all the classic writerly problems ? vanity, insecurity, obsession, ambition ? just turned up to modernist volume. This Life?s Times edition is also pleasingly niche: the kind of biography you find when you?ve wandered slightly off the main road of publishing and discovered a smaller, quieter route. Which is fitting for Joyce, who spent a lifetime working outside the mainstream, often in exile, relying on scattered networks to keep his work alive. Condition: Good , meaning it?s been read and used ? which is exactly right for a biography designed to be handled, dipped into, and consulted when Joyce becomes ?too Joyce? and you want him back in human proportions. Expect a bit of wear, but it?s still perfectly readable and ready to guide the next curious reader through the life behind the legend. Perfect for: Joyce-curious readers who want context without drowning, students looking for a clear overview of the life and its milestones, fans of literary biography who like things concise and readable, and anyone who suspects that behind every Great Modernist there is a person with bills, habits, and a stubborn streak. Sold by Crappy Old Books , naturally ? because where else would a compact guide to the world?s most intimidating Irish novelist end up, if not waiting patiently to reassure the next reader that yes, Joyce was a genius? but he was also just a man who kept writing, despite everything, until the world had to catch up. THIS BOOK BEARS THE CRAPPY OLD BOOKS STAMP. IF THAT IS UNDESIRABLE PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS. THE STAMP MARKS WHICH IS USUALLY TO THE FRONT AND BACK INNER PAGES SAYS SOLD BY CRAPPY OLD BOOKS WITH WEB SITE URL. IT IN NO WAY DEMINISHED FROM THE READING. IF YOU WANT A PRISTINE BOOK, PLEASE FIND ANOTHER BOOK IN BETTER CONDITION SOMEWHERE ELSE. N° de réf. du vendeur 5500
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Vendeur : MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlande
First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 176 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm. Subjects: Joyce, James (1882-1941). Authors, Irish 20th century ; Biography. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 372141
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