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Book SynopsisOne of Ireland''s greatest contemporary writers turns her attention to one of the country''s greatest novelists: James Joyce and his relationship with Nora Barnacle - in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the iconic classic ULYSSES.
''Both Joyce and O''Brien have a gift for beauty distilled . . . a work of love''
Daily Telegraph
''Short, poetic and powerful''
Irish Times
It was June 10th, Barnacle Day. He saw her in Nassau Street and they stopped to talk. She thought his blue eyes were those of a Norseman. He was twenty-two, and she, Nora Barnacle, was twenty and employed as a chambermaid in Finn''s Hotel. They agreed to meet on June 14th, outside No. 1 Merrion Square, the home of Sir William Wilde, but Nora did not turn up. After a dejected letter from Joyce they met on June 16th, a date which came to be immortalized in literature as Bloomsday.
Edna O''Brien paints a miniature portrait of an
