{"product_id":"9780141199627","title":"Penguin English Library Dubliners","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Penguin English Library Edition of \u003ci\u003eDubliners \u003c\/i\u003eby James Joyce\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Every night as I gazed up at the window I said softly to myself the word \u003ci\u003eparalysis\u003c\/i\u003e. It had always sounded strangely in my ears ... But now it sounded to me like the name of some maleficent and sinful being. It filled me with fear, and yet I longed to be nearer to it and to look upon its deadly work'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a child grappling with the death of a fallen priest, to a young woman's dilemma over whether to elope to Argentina with her lover, to the dance party at which a man discovers just how little he really knows about his wife, these fifteen stories bring the gritty realism of existence in Joyce's native Dublin to life. With \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e, James Joyce reinvented the art of fiction, using a scrupulous, deadpan realism to convey truths that were at once blasphemous and sacramental.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.","brand":"James Joyce","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46512144875574,"sku":"9780141199627","price":16.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/2026\/9110\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ee168838-eb38-4992-88e9-163d10512634.jpg?v=1780684900","url":"https:\/\/shopsaturdaymorning.ca\/products\/9780141199627","provider":"Saturday Morning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}