James Joyce: Portrait of a Dubliner?A Graphic Biography

Product Description A Dazzling, Prize-Winning Graphic Biography Of One Of The WorldS Most Revered Writers.Winner Of SpainS National Comic Prize And Published To Acclaim In Ireland, Here Is An Extraordinary Graphic Biography Of James Joyce That Offers A Fresh Take On His Tumultuous Life. With Evocative Anecdotes And Hundreds Of Ink-Wash Drawings, Alfonso Zapico Invites The Reader To Share JoyceS Journey, From His Earliest Days In Dublin To His Life With His Great Love, Nora Barnacle, And Their Children, And His Struggles And Triumphs As An Artist.Joyce Experienced Poverty, Rejection, Censorship, Charges Of Blasphemy And Obscenity, War, And Crippling Ill-Health. A Rebel And Nonconformist In Dublin And A Harsh Critic Of Irish Society, He Left Ireland In Self-Imposed Exile With Nora, Moving To Paris, Pola, Trieste, Rome, London, And Finally Zurich. He Overcame Monumental Challenges In Creating And Publishingdubliners,Portrait Of An Artist As A Young Man,Ulysses, AndfinneganS Wake. Along The Way, He Encountered A Colorful Cast Of Characters, From The Irish Nationalists Charles Parnell And Michael Collins To Literary Greats Yeats, Proust, Hemingway, And Beckett, And The Likes Of Carl Jung And Vladimir Lenin. Review Zapico Remains True To The Life And Spirit Of The Irish Master While Appealing To Readers Who Might Not Have The Patience For Either JoyceS Novels Or A Standard, More Exhaustive Biography. . . . A Solid Account Of The Development Of A Writer Not Easy To Encapsulate. KirkusReaders Familiar With James Joyce Only Through His Dour Dust-Jacket Photos Are In For A Big Surprise In This Warts-And-All Graphic Biography Of IrelandS Best-Known And Most Divisive Writer. . . . Using A Traditional Sequential Panel Format, The Black-And-White, Ink-Wash Illustrations Are Surprisingly Expressive, Capturing JoyceS Jocular Manner And Rabble-Rousing With An Indulgent Yet Objective Hand. Because It Reveals Its Subject Without Sensationalizing Or Glamorizing Him, Readers Will Close The Book With A Better Understanding Of A Complex Man And His Influential Work. BooklistThis Biography Is An Enjoyable, Valuable Introduction To Joyce For Students And Literary-Minded Readers, High School And Up. . . . Zapico Spares None Of The NovelistS Personal Complexities Or Contradictions. Library JournalZapico Has Created A Well-Rounded And Honest Portrait Of A Controversial Yet Brilliant Writer, And The Genius As Well As The Artistic Temperament Shines Through On Every Page. Portland Book ReviewThe CartoonistS Sensory Immersion In The Landscapes Of JoyceS Life Lends Thisportrait Of A Dubliner Its Visual Authority: The Sordid Charm Of Turn-Of-The-Century Dublin, The Civilized Cosmopolitanism Of Trieste At The End Of The Austro-Hungarian Empire, And The Modernist Ebullience Of Interwar Paris Are All Portrayed Vividly In ZapicoS Lively Gestural Style Of Freehand Drawing And Ink-Wash Shading. . . . Zapico Is Especially Good On JoyceS Political And Historical Context. . . . The Story He Tells Is A Model Of Artistic Independence In Times Of Crisis. For That Reason Alone, Joyce Might Well Have Admired This Particular Comic Book. Rain Taxi Review Of Booksalfonso Zapico Gives A Thorough And Masterful Pictorial Retelling Of JoyceS Life Injames Joyce: Portrait Of A Dubliner: A Graphic Biography, A Graphic Novel That Goes Far Toward Illuminating The Enigmatic Author. . . . With His Excellent Illustrations, Zapico Not Only Makes The Many Characters In JoyceS Life Story Distinct, But Also Provides Rich Background Details Of The Cities That Were So Important To JoyceS Development. . . . ZapicoS Text Is Well-Written And Substantial, Complementing The BookS Images Perfectly. For Those Already Familiar With JoyceS Writings . . . Or Those Interested In The Origins Of Those Works,James Joyce: Portrait Of A Dubliner Is A Brilliant Companion. Forewordremarkable . . . The Life Of James Joyceand His