· That certain describes the James Joyce presented in Edna O’Brien’s brief, readable biography of the great Irish writer. O’Brien’s tone in James Joyce is more novelist than academic and that combined with the occasional Joycean flourish, the lack of footnotes, and the appalling bad behavior made me wonder, “Is this all true?”. · O'Brien's biography of James Joyce is as boisterous and playful as Joyce's own prose. This is a reader's biography, full of fantastic vocabulary and mischievous, serpentine phrasing. Those familiar with Joyce's life will likely learn nothing new, but the passion and joy O'Brien has for Joyce makes revisiting his life exciting; for those new to James Joyce, this biography is a bit like baptism-by /5. · In , Robert Sullivan wrote about “James Joyce,” O’Brien’s biography of the avant-garde writer, for the Book Review. Edna O’Brien, the Irish writer, has written a short biography of Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.
Edna O'Brien is a great writer and this is a good, solid biography. On balance though it comes second to the Richard Ellman's classic published in Perhaps that is a little unfair, as in many ways it is an excellent introduction to the background of James Joyce and the springs of his creativity. Well worthwhile buying. James JoyceStart the Week. James Joyce. Andrew Marr discusses Ulysses and the legacy of Joyce with writers Edna O'Brien, Colm Tóibín and Mary Costello. James Joyce's Ulysses is considered one. James Joyce By EDNA O'BRIEN A Lipper/Viking Book. Read the Review. Once Upon a Time * * * 0nce upon a time there was a man coming down a road in Dublin and he gave himself the name of Dedalus the sorcerer, constructor of labyrinths and maker of wings for Icarus who flew so close to the sun that he fell, as the apostolic Dubliner James Joyce.
O’Brien’s Joyce comes to life in evocative portraits of Dublin life at the end of the nineteenth century, as his family flit from one hovel to another, always on the run from landlords, with young Jim becoming increasingly estranged and independent. O’Brien does not pull her punches: the Joyce she presents here is difficult to like. Irish writer Edna O'Brien's brief ( page) biography of James Joyce was aimed at people like me who are curious about Joyce's life, but not curious enough to undertake Richard Ellman's definitive but massive biography. O'Brien venerates Joyce's writing, but recognizes the high cost to most everyone who had any contact with Joyce. Edna O'Brien: how James Joyce’s Anna Livia Plurabelle shook the literary world. When it was first published, Joyce’s Anna Livia Plurabelle was derided as the musings of a shipwrecked mind.
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