false 33454367 1546969 2239505 1417674792 9781417674794 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2239505.Portrait_of_the_Artist_As_a_Young_Man 3.67 9 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man portrays Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, providing an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce. At its center are questions of origin and source, authority and authorship, and the relationship of an artist to his family, culture, and race. Exuberantly inventive, this coming-of-age story is a tour de force of style and technique.]]> 5144 3.79 42519 3420 1916 0 0 false Sun Sep 21 14:28:26 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 14:28:26 -0700 2008