(Original, Unabridged Classic, Premium Hardbound Collector's Edition, Ideal for Gifting)
James Joyce
"I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church."
Stephen Dedalus grows up in Dublin — brilliant, restless, and at war with every institution that claims him: family, church, nation. From childhood's fragmented impressions to the fierce clarity of a young man claiming his artistic freedom, Joyce's prose evolves alongside its protagonist, making this the most formally inventive and emotionally honest coming-of-age novel in the modernist canon.
Described by Ezra Pound as a work that would remain a permanent part of English literature, and by H.G. Wells as the most convincing portrait of an Irish Catholic upbringing ever written, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is widely considered the most approachable of Joyce's novels — the ideal entry into one of the twentieth century's greatest literary legacies. Readers who love it call it profoundly inspirational: a book that can help you uncover something essential about who you are.
This Penguin Select Classics edition offers the original, unabridged text in a premium hardbound collector's format with sprayed edges — a distinguished volume for any serious library.
