{"product_id":"2026200006244-secondhand-a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man","title":"A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket. Usual aging. Shelf wear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887930323163,"sku":"2026200006244-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ba245802-1143-4899-a7e6-8fd1acedf72b.png?v=1781749866","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200006244-secondhand-a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}