Name: James and Nora
SKU: 53500763
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Author: Edna O'Brien
ISBN: 9781474616812

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Physical Book

Author

Edna O'Brien

Publisher

Orion Publishing Group Ltd

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781474616812

James and Nora

Edna O'Brien (Author) · Orion Publishing Group Ltd · Paperback

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Synopsis "James and Nora "

It was June 10th, Barnacle Day. He saw her in Nassau Street and they stopped to talk. She thought his blue eyes were those of a Norseman. He was twenty-two, and she, Nora Barnacle, was twenty and employed as a chambermaid in Finn's Hotel. They agreed to meet on June 14th, outside No. 1 Merrion Square, the home of Sir William Wilde, but Nora did not turn up. After a dejected letter from Joyce they met on June 16th, a date which came to be immortalized in literature as Bloomsday.Edna O'Brien paints a miniature portrait of an artist, idealist, insurgent and filled with a secret loneliness. In Nora, he was to find accomplice, collaborator and muse. For all their sexual escalations, Joyce considered their relationship 'a kind of sacrament'. Their life was one of wandering, emotional upheaval and poverty. It was also one that was binding and mysterious, and defied all the mores of intimacy.In prose brimming with life and energy, Edna O'Brien resurrects a relationship of magnificent intensity on the page, and in doing so shows herself to be touched by the genius of the writer she loves above all others.

Edna O'Brien

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Edna O’Brien is a distinguished Irish novelist and writer, known for her ability to deeply and sensitively explore the inner lives of women, as well as the social and cultural conflicts of Ireland. Her debut work, The Country Girls (1960), marked the beginning of a prolific literary career and is considered a milestone in contemporary Irish literature. This book, along with its sequels, was controversial at the time due to its bold and provocative themes

Among her most notable works are The Country Girls (1960), A Ruined House (1970), and Girl (2019), all framed within the genre of literary narrative. Her career has been widely recognized, establishing her as one of the most important literary figures of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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