Dublin. Joyce J.

James Joyce is a classic of Anglo-Irish literature, which had a tremendous influence on the prose of the 20th century. He entered the history of world literature as the author of the novel "Ulysses", which became the "Gospel" of modernism and laid the foundation for the literature of the "Stream of Consciousness".

A collection of psychologically subtle short stories “Dublin” is the first mature work of Joyce. “My intention,” Joyce wrote, “was to write a chapter from the spiritual history of my country, and I chose Dublin’s place of action, because, from my point of view, it was this city that is the center of paralysis.” Paralysis for Joyce is a symbol of the vices of modern Irish life that he hated by him: inertness, low worship, corruption, cultural backwardness and spirituality. The meaning of the "Dubliners" goes beyond Joyce's work. This is the first realistic work of Irish literature of the XX century and a new stage in the development of European novelty, no less important than Chekhov's prose.

In this publication, a collection of stories is published in the best translation of S. Khorozhegoy with detailed comments.