内容简介
DeclaredbytheirauthortobeachapterinthemoralhistoryofIreland,thiscollectionof15talesoffersvivid,tightlyfocusedobservationsofthelivesofDublin'spoorerclasses.Afineandaccessibleintroductiontotheworkofoneofthe20thcentury'smostinfluentialwriters,itincludesamasterpieceoftheshort-storygenre,"TheDead."
作者简介
Novelist,shortstorywriterandpoet,JoyceisoneofthebestknownandmostinnovativeofIrishwriters.Hewasbornin1882inDublinandeducatedatUniversityCollege,Dublin.Hisfirstpublishedworkwasavolumeofverse,ChamberMusic(1907).ThiswasfollowedbyDubliners(1914)andAPortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan(1915).Hismasterpiece,Ulysses,wasfirstpublishedinParisin1922andwashailedasaworkofgeniusbywriterssuchasEliotandHemingway.