Dubliners
(ENG.)

"There was no doubt about it: If you wanted to succeed you had to go away. You could do nothing in Dublin."

James Joyce's Dubliners is an enthralling collection of modernist short stories which create a vivid picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. Written when he was only twenty-five, when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging, Joyce's first major work brought his city to the world for the first time.

His stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. From “The Sisters”, a vivid portrait of childhood faith and guilt, to “Araby”, a timeless evocation of the inexplicable yearnings of adolescence, to “The Dead”, in which Gabriel Conroy is gradually brought to a painful epiphany regarding the nature of his existence, Joyce draws a realistic and memorable cast of Dubliners together in an powerful exploration of overarching themes. Writing of social decline, sexual desire and exploitation, corruption and personal failure, he creates a brilliantly compelling, unique vision of the world and of human experience.