Joyce's Women by Edna O'Brien

Joyce's Women by Edna O'BrienI love fire. Fire is the colour of genius. In this audacious new work, Edna O'Brien gives voice to the women who were central to the life of James Joyce. 'James Joyce had been my ultimate hero for sixty years, but to paint the canvas of his life was daunting. Therefore I decided to depict him as seen by the key figures in his life Mother, Wife, Mistress of a fleeting moment, his patron Harriet Weaver and his beloved Daughter Lucia, of whom he said her

Even if they do everything that's expected of them in work

Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2020

Told from generation to generation

The social comedies

In their breadth and versatility

travel (and staying put) with unflinching honesty

But very few understand what it truly means

Praise for previous books in this trilogy

punishment and exploitation of 'fallen women'

intelligence officers

isolated from civilisation

sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents