Publisher's Synopsis
This fictionalized portrait of James Joyce's youth is one of the most vivid accounts of the growth from childhood to adulthood.
Early twentieth-century Dublin provides the backdrop as Stephen Dedalus moves from town and society towards the irrevocable decision to leave. This decision, made by Joyce himself, resulted in the mature novels Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is read unabridged by the incomparable Joyce expert Jim Norton.
