Monday, June 15, 2009

"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:

Book Cover Ulysses: A Reproduction of the 1922 First Edition
By 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

Book Cover Quentins
By 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

Book Cover The Ginger Man
By 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

Book Cover 1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion
By 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

Book Cover The Barrytown Trilogy
By 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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