{"product_id":"james-joyce-alfonso-zapico-9781628726558","title":"James Joyce: Portrait of a Dubliner?a Graphic Biography","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling, prize-winning graphic biography of one of the world's most revered writers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of Spain's 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 Joyce's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoyce 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 publishing \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePortrait of an Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFinnegan's Wake\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfonso Zapico\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628726555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628726558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2016 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2016 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/26\/2016","brand":"Alfonso Zapico","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987022807295,"sku":"9781628726558","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eadad1fc-5e50-443e-b0bf-dcc5dbed6dd9.jpg?v=1683286552","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/james-joyce-alfonso-zapico-9781628726558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}