Β»He single-handedly killed the 19th century.Β« T. S. Eliot
Β»James Joyce revolutionized 20th-century literature.Β« Time Magazine
After a visitation from the dead - through something as concrete as someone singing a particular Irish song - Gabriel Conroy is struck by the profound realization of how superficially he has always loved his wife, Gretta. The image of the falling snow around them, deepening into a cosmic metaphor for life and death as the story progresses, has been called the most beautiful snowfall in literary history.
JAMES JOYCE [1882-1941], Irish author, is a key figure in modernist literature with works such asΒ DublinersΒ [1914],Β A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManΒ [1916], andΒ UlyssesΒ [1922].
JAMES JOYCE [1882-1941], Irish author, is a key figure in modernist literature with works such asΒ DublinersΒ [1914],Β A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManΒ [1916], andΒ UlyssesΒ [1922].