{"title":"The Modernist Who Never Quite Comes Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis James Joyce collection gathers the books that turned one city, one day, and one drifting consciousness into a whole new way of writing. From cramped Dublin rooms and awkward family dinners to pub crawls, tram rides, and long walks by the sea, his characters are always half in the moment and half lost in memory, fantasy, and doubt. The result is fiction that feels both intimate and explosive: sentences that stretch to catch every flicker of thought, scenes where almost nothing happens and yet everything changes, and a restless sense of exile that means nobody—least of all the author—ever fully makes it home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ulysses","title":"Ulysses","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe greatest novel of the twentieth century. The most banned. The most admired. The most unread.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJames Joyce's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e is a book that needs no introduction—and yet, for many readers, it remains a mountain too steep to climb. It is the story of a single day: June 16, 1904, in Dublin. It follows three characters: Leopold Bloom, a Jewish advertising canvasser; Stephen Dedalus, the young intellectual from Joyce's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e; and Molly Bloom, Leopold's wife, whose famous final soliloquy is one of the longest sentences in English literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe novel parallels Homer's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. Leopold Bloom is Ulysses, wandering through the streets of Dublin. Stephen Dedalus is Telemachus, searching for a father. Molly Bloom is Penelope, waiting at home. But the epic has been turned inside out. Instead of monsters and gods, Bloom encounters anti-Semitic barflies, nationalist zealots, a funeral, a childbirth, a brothel, and a biscuit tin of stale cocoa. The adventures are internal. The quest is for connection, kindness, and the simple dignity of being a decent man in an indecent world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJoyce's prose shifts styles with every chapter: from the mock-heroic to the sentimental, from the journalistic to the hallucinatory, from the catechism of the \"Ithaca\" episode to the unpunctuated torrent of Molly's monologue. The book is difficult. It is also funny, tender, filthy, and sublime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Joyce at his most audacious and compassionate: a novel about the ordinary, the everyday, the overlooked, and the claim that a single day in the life of a nobody contains everything worth knowing about the human condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFirst published in 1922 by Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Company in Paris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eBanned in the United States and United Kingdom for obscenity; the landmark 1933 trial \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUnited States v. One Book Called Ulysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e overturned the ban\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eNamed by the Modern Library as the greatest English-language novel of the twentieth century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that every day is an odyssey, and that the greatest adventures are the ones that happen in the mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1882–1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Born in Dublin, he was the eldest of ten surviving children. He left Ireland in 1904 with his future wife, Nora Barnacle, and spent most of his adult life in Trieste, Zurich, and Paris. His major works include the short story collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eDubliners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e(1914), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1916), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1922), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1939). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e was the subject of three obscenity trials in the United States before the landmark 1933 ruling by Judge John M. Woolsey, who declared it a work of art and lifted the ban. Joyce died in Zurich in 1941. June 16 is celebrated by Joyce fans around the world as Bloomsday, an annual commemoration of the novel's events.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54714658455924,"sku":"9612921002240","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54714658488692,"sku":"9612921002241","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54714658521460,"sku":"9612921002242","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54714658554228,"sku":"9612921002243","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/Ebook_Covers_w_Quotes_1_-2.png?v=1780952347"},{"product_id":"a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man","title":"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eHe would create the conscience of his race. First, he had to escape it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIn James Joyce’s groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel, we follow Stephen Dedalus from his Catholic boyhood in Ireland through the turbulent years of adolescence and intellectual awakening. From the sensory impressions of childhood and the strict confines of Jesuit schooling, to the agonies of religious guilt, sexual discovery, and the powerful call of art and freedom, Joyce traces the forging of a creative soul in the crucible of family, faith, nation, and language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eWith luminous prose that evolves as Stephen himself matures—from lyrical childhood memories to dense, philosophical reflections—Joyce captures the inner storm of a young mind straining against the nets of nationality, language, and religion. Stephen’s journey from pious schoolboy to defiant artist is both intensely personal and profoundly universal, culminating in his famous declaration: “I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA landmark of literary modernism and the first volume in Joyce’s great sequence featuring Stephen Dedalus, \u003cem\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/em\u003e revolutionized the novel form with its stream-of-consciousness technique, psychological depth, and linguistic innovation. It remains one of the most influential and masterful depictions of the artist’s growth ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFirst published in serial form in 1914–1915, published in book form in 1916\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJoyce's first novel, originally titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eStephen Hero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (a much longer, abandoned draft)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA masterpiece of modernist literature and a foundational text of the twentieth-century novel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the hardest part of becoming yourself is learning what you must leave behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1882–1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Born in Dublin, he was the eldest of ten surviving children. He left Ireland in 1904 with his future wife, Nora Barnacle, and spent most of his adult life in Trieste, Zurich, and Paris. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e was his first novel, following the short story collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eDubliners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1914). It was followed by his masterpieces \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e(1922) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1939). Joyce died in Zurich in 1941. The novel's protagonist, Stephen Dedalus, also appears as a major character in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. The title alludes to the myth of Daedalus, the master craftsman who built the labyrinth and fashioned wings to escape Crete. 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Also the most playful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJames Joyce's final masterpiece is a dream—a vast, punning, multi-lingual, history-spanning, myth-dissolving, grammar-defying dream. It is the most challenging novel in the English language. It is also, for those who find their way inside, the most rewarding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe book opens in the middle of a sentence and ends with the definite article that completes the opening sentence, suggesting an endless cycle. The protagonist—if he can be called that—is Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, a pub owner in Chapelizod, Dublin. He is also Finn MacCool, the legendary Irish giant. He is also Adam, Noah, the Duke of Wellington, and every other father figure in history. His wife, Anna Livia Plurabelle, is the River Liffey. His sons, Shem and Shaun, are the artist and the bureaucrat, the rebel and the conformist. His daughter, Issy, is the mirror of femininity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe plot—if it can be called that—involves a rumor about something Earwicker did in the park. The rumor is told, retold, distorted, denied, and transformed. The book follows the structure of Giambattista Vico's philosophy of history: cycles of divine, heroic, human, and ricorso (return). It is a book about sleep, language, history, and the way stories change every time they are told.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJoyce invented a language for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e that combines English with dozens of other languages, puns, portmanteaus, and neologisms. The word \"finnegans\" (no apostrophe) is both plural and possessive, referring to the ballad of Finnegan (who falls off a ladder and is revived by whiskey) and to the idea of \"waking\" as a continual process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Joyce at his most liberated and unhinged: a novel that refuses to be read in the ordinary way, insisting instead that you let go of linear narrative, logical syntax, and the distinction between waking and dreaming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePublished in 1939, Joyce's final novel, seventeen years in the writing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eSubtitled \"Work in Progress\" during its serialization (1927–1938)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe source of the phrase \"quark,\" later adopted by physicist Murray Gell-Mann for a subatomic particle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that a dream is not a puzzle to be solved, but a world to be inhabited.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1882–1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Born in Dublin, he left Ireland in 1904 and spent most of his adult life in Trieste, Zurich, and Paris. His major works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eDubliners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e(1914), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1916), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1922), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1939). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e was written over a period of seventeen years, during which Joyce suffered from near-blindness and his daughter Lucia's mental illness. 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