A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
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Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
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A landmark of modernist fiction, James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man chronicles the intellectual and spiritual awakening of Stephen Dedalus, a sensitive young Irishman navigating the suffocating pressures of Catholic doctrine, nationalist politics, and family expectation in late nineteenth-century Dublin. Through a richly interior narrative, Joyce traces Stephen's evolution from a bewildered schoolboy to a fiercely independent artist determined to forge his own identity — famously vowing to encounter life through silence, exile, and cunning. The prose itself transforms alongside its protagonist, shifting from the fragmented impressions of early childhood to the dense, philosophical meditations of young adulthood, making the novel's very style a mirror of Stephen's growing consciousness. Lyrical, provocative, and deeply introspective in tone, the work argues that true artistic freedom demands a radical break from the inherited bonds of religion, country, and family. Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels in the English language, it remains an essential and electrifying portrait of the artist's soul in the making.
Author: James Joyce
Format: Hardback
Published: 1928, The Modern Library, New York
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket. Usual aging. Shelf wear.
A landmark of modernist fiction, James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man chronicles the intellectual and spiritual awakening of Stephen Dedalus, a sensitive young Irishman navigating the suffocating pressures of Catholic doctrine, nationalist politics, and family expectation in late nineteenth-century Dublin. Through a richly interior narrative, Joyce traces Stephen's evolution from a bewildered schoolboy to a fiercely independent artist determined to forge his own identity — famously vowing to encounter life through silence, exile, and cunning. The prose itself transforms alongside its protagonist, shifting from the fragmented impressions of early childhood to the dense, philosophical meditations of young adulthood, making the novel's very style a mirror of Stephen's growing consciousness. Lyrical, provocative, and deeply introspective in tone, the work argues that true artistic freedom demands a radical break from the inherited bonds of religion, country, and family. Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels in the English language, it remains an essential and electrifying portrait of the artist's soul in the making.