James Joyce

The story follows Leopold Bloom on a seemingly ordinary day in Dublin, during which Bloom's wife, Molly, commits adultery. This experimental novel is among the most important works of Modernist literature. It was initially deemed obscene in England and the USA for its scandalously frank, life-changing reading experience....

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)In his first and still most widely read novel, James Joyce makes a strange peace with the traditional narrative of a young mans self-discovery by respecting its substance while exploding its form, thereby inaugurating a literary revolution.Published in 1916 when Joyce was al?ready at work on Ulysses, A Portrait of the...

One of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative. Young Irish Catholic, Stephen Dedalus, rejects religion and national ties to develop unfettered as an artist. Stronly autobiographical, the novel is one of the founding texts of Modernism and the precursor of Ulysses. Its originality shocked...

One of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative. Young Irish Catholic, Stephen Dedalus, rejects religion and national ties to develop unfettered as an artist. Stronly autobiographical, the novel is one of the founding texts of Modernism and the precursor of Ulysses. Its originality shocked...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timePublished in 1916, James Joyce's semiautobiographical tale of his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, is a coming-of-age story like no other. A bold, innovative experiment with both language and structure, the work has exerted a lasting influence on the contemporary...

Most? Mieszkańcy miasteczka Beaugency chcieli go oczywiście mieć, zastanawiali się jednak, ile to będzie kosztować? "Nie chcę wcale pieniędzy - odparł diabeł - chcę tylko, żeby pierwsza osoba, która przejdzie przez most, stała się moją własnością". Zabawna opowiastka Jamesa Joyce'a o kocie, diable i burmistrzu z francuskiego miasteczka jest...