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My first reaction to its title was that why 'Near to' instead of 'Near' and I couldn't help but agree, since it's taken from a line by the formidable Irish author James Joyce, "He was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life." (p. xiii) I'm a new Joyce reader, having decided not to read his Ulysses and Finnegans Wake and I had no idea till I read its introduction titled "Hurricane Clarice" informing me that it's from his Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as suggested
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