Random House, Inc.
Автор Joyce James

Описание:
Against the backdrop of nineteenth century Dublin, a boy becomes a man: his mind testing it's powers, obsessions taking hold and loosening again, the bonds of family, tradition, nation and religion transforming from supports into shackles; until the young man devotes himself to the celebration of beauty, and reaches for independence and the life of an artist.

Описание:
His stories are fillled with the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. He writes of social decline, sexual desire and exploitation, corruption and personal failure, yet creates a brilliantly compelling, unique vision of the world and of human experience. The stories all centre around the city of Dublin and it's inhabitants at the beginning of the twentieth century. They offer a moving portrait of an entire world and era long since disappeared.