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Forget the complexity of his prose (see Ulysses and Finnegan’s Wake for the really outlandish bits). Forget his literary stature. Forget his Ireland and his guilt and his Christ. Portrait provides the reader with a character with ...more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 1 5 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 17:00:02 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 18:01:34 -0800 2008
There are sections which appealed to me (a priestly sermon on the...more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 5 4 false Thu Jul 05 09:31:03 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:41:54 -0800 2009 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 4 3 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 20:39:38 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 10:13:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 4 4 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 06:32:45 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 05:14:20 -0700 2008
I finished it last Friday, sprawled out in the evening sun in Stephen's Green while I killed an hour before a gig and a pint. A suitable place to end it. It is a fine read. It's a strange...more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 1 3 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 00:35:45 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 07:32:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 1 3 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 02 18:18:42 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 04 20:17:32 -0700 2008
I have Irish Catholic heritage, so the early part of the book was mildly interesting because I could relate to the quasi-gnosticism of the priests in the boys' school.

Later on I stuck with i...more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 5 3 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sat Mar 31 15:34:24 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:21:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 2 2 false Tue Jul 31 17:09:35 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 17:16:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 2 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 15:30:48 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 21:21:47 -0700 2007 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, I'm afraid.

There are moments when this book is wonderful; the sermons about Hell evince Joyce's extreme talent. But the rest of the time, on 2/3 of the pages, one cannot help but wonder the e...more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 4 2 false Mon Mar 03 16:49:44 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 17:02:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 5 2 false Mon Feb 11 13:18:36 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 17:33:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 1 1 false Tue Mar 27 14:44:22 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:10:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 4 1 false Thu Dec 04 21:56:36 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 21:58:26 -0800 2008 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 4 0 false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:32:15 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:32:15 -0700 2009 Reporter: Sir, again, you've made your feelings quite clear on France, but where do you stand on other issues...more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 5 1 false Fri Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 09 15:04:49 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 15:05:09 -0800 2009
And that’s just Monday.

It is interesting how...more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 5 0 false Wed Oct 21 11:05:58 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:46:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 7588 0142437344 9780142437346 14903 796 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636909m/7588.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Sep 08 08:14:07 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 09:39:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7590