A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: James Joyce

`I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.`

Painfully truthful, James Joyce’s semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the coming of age story of Stephen Dedalus in the turbulent times of late 19th-century Ireland. Faced with the strictures of a traditional household and a deeply religious society, this classic tale brings to life Dedalus’s search for artistic freedom.
Deeply emotional even today, Joyce`s remarkable tale continues to offer great insight into family relations and the human condition.