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Dubliners is the first published book of a man who is one of the greatest writers to ever wield the pen; it reads as such. The prose is beautiful, and symbolism and morals abound. I read this in about 4 hours I believe, Joyce's Dublin sucked me. His Dublin is like a car-wreck that you just cannot turn away from; child molesters, wife abusers, drunkards...every sort of misfit of humanity feels right at home in Dublin. And yet, Joyce also shows us that maybe when one of these characters feels as i
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I just finished reading it carefully, once again.
Joyce, reputedly the cool modern aesthete, seems to show a bit of compassion and sorrow here, as he observes, and teases out, the purgatories that his subjects make for themselves, and make for poor longsuffing Ireland, which he teases out in terse, compact, and exquisite prose.
I was seized by an uncontrollable desire to get the hell out even though I am not living in turn of the century Ireland. No wonder he chose silence, exile and cunning.
Joyce, reputedly the cool modern aesthete, seems to show a bit of compassion and sorrow here, as he observes, and teases out, the purgatories that his subjects make for themselves, and make for poor longsuffing Ireland, which he teases out in terse, compact, and exquisite prose.
I was seized by an uncontrollable desire to get the hell out even though I am not living in turn of the century Ireland. No wonder he chose silence, exile and cunning.
RANKINGS:
PERFECT:
1. The Dead [10/10]
2. A Little Cloud [10/10]
3. Eveline [10/10]
4. The Boarding House [10/10]
5. Counterparts [10/10]
6. Araby [10/10]
NEAR PERFECT:
7. A Painful Case[9/10]
8. The Sisters [9/10]
9. An Encounter [9/10]
10. Two Gallants [9/10]
11. Clay [8/10]
GOOD STORIES:
12. Grace [6/10]
13. A Mother [6/10]
OK STORIES:
14. Ivy Day in the Committee Room [5/10]
15. After the Race [5/10]
DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME
Age 17: 2/5
Age 18: 5/5
Age 22: 5/5
Age 28: 10/10
PERFECT:
1. The Dead [10/10]
2. A Little Cloud [10/10]
3. Eveline [10/10]
4. The Boarding House [10/10]
5. Counterparts [10/10]
6. Araby [10/10]
NEAR PERFECT:
7. A Painful Case[9/10]
8. The Sisters [9/10]
9. An Encounter [9/10]
10. Two Gallants [9/10]
11. Clay [8/10]
GOOD STORIES:
12. Grace [6/10]
13. A Mother [6/10]
OK STORIES:
14. Ivy Day in the Committee Room [5/10]
15. After the Race [5/10]
DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME
Age 17: 2/5
Age 18: 5/5
Age 22: 5/5
Age 28: 10/10
Currently reading Ivy Day in the Committee Room (and other stories) for the James Joyce discussion group....it goes without saying that this is some of the richest prose ever put on paper.
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