"yes I said yes I will yes"
James Joyce wrote those famous words of Molly, Leopold Bloom's lover, in his ponderous masterpiece, Ulysses, in which Bloom wanders through the city of Dublin on his own quest - all on the day of June 16, 1904. Since then, Joyce fans around the world celebrate Bloomsday each year on June 16.
Here in the Chicago area, you can celebrate with "readings, music and song" at the Irish American Cultural Center. The Library also provides the means to have your own Bloomsday by enjoying one of these books set in Dublin:
| Ulysses: A Reproduction of the 1922 First Edition Joyce, James 2002/09 - Dover Publications 0486424448 Check the Library's Catalog Regarded today as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, "Ulysses" remained banned in the United States until 1933. Drawing upon a complex network of symbolic parallels from mythology, history, and literature, the novel employs experimental narrative techniques to chronicle an ordinary day in the lives of three Dubliners. ...More |
| Quentins Binchy, Maeve 2002/10 - Dutton Books 0525946829 Check the Library's Catalog Following the enormous success of "Scarlet Feather, Quentins" tells of documentarian Ella Brady as she discovers her true self by learning about the people who have patronized the Dublin restaurant Quentins. ...More |
| The Ginger Man Donleavy, James Patrick 2001/03 - Grove Press 0802137954 Check the Library's Catalog First published in Paris in 1955 and originally banned in America, J. P. Donleavy's first novel is now recognized the world over as a masterpiece and a modern classic of the highest order. Set in Ireland just after World War II, The Ginger Man is J. P. Donleavy's wildly funny, picaresque classic novel of the misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, a young American ne'er-do-well studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Dangerfield's appetite for women, liquor, and general roguishness is insatiable--and he satisfies it with endless charm. "Lusty, violent, wildly funny ... The Ginger Man is the picaresque novel to stop them all."--Dorothy Parker, Esquire ...More |
| 1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion Llywelyn, Morgan 1998/04 - Forge 031286101X Check the Library's Catalog The Easter Rising of 1916 was a major turning point in Irish history. Peopled by patriots and poets, fueled by a common cause, and played out in the historic streets of Dublin, it a story everyone knows and no one will ever forget. Now Morgan Llywelyn offers a stirring and powerful novel set against the backdrop of this life-changing event. ...More |
| The Barrytown Trilogy Doyle, Roddy 1995/09 - Penguin Books 0140252622 Check the Library's Catalog The bestselling author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha presents a one-volume edition of his celebrated trio of novels. Doyle's comic novels, The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van, depict the daily life and times of the Rabbitte family in working-class Dublin. ...More |

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