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Ellmann writes with passion in this very well researched biography. He gives great insight into Joyce as a husband, father and artist. Joyce is alive through the pages, although I would only recommend this 700+ page biography to those fairly obsessed with joyce's writings or those who want to know inner workings of an artist.
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This is a really fine bio. I'll do more of a review on this later on.
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As with Finnegans Wake, no idea when I'll get back to this one (although for different reasons, as it's less of a challenge to read, just long and I like the idea of bios more than bios themselves). However, maybe this year and maybe putting it here will inspire me.
Annoying that there's no cover, though. Almost as bad as the lack of the Arden Antony and Cleopatra! ...more
Annoying that there's no cover, though. Almost as bad as the lack of the Arden Antony and Cleopatra! ...more
much more flawed than They say
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