u003cbu003eFor the centennial of its original publication, a beautiful Deluxe Edition of one of Joyces greatest worksfeaturing a foreword by Karl Ove Knausgaard, author the u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e bestselling six-volume autobiographical novel u003ciu003eMy Struggle, u003c/iu003ewhich has been likened to a 21st-century u003ciu003ePortrait of the Artist as a Young Manu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e The first, shortest, and most approachable of James Joyces novels, u003ciu003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Manu003c/iu003e portrays the Dublin upbringing of Stephen Dedalus, from his youthful days at Clongowes Wood College to his radical questioning of all convention. In doing so, it provides an oblique self-portrait of the young Joyce himself. At its center lie questions of origin and source, authority and authorship, and the relationship of an artist to his family, culture, and race. Exuberantly inventive in style, the novel subtly and beautifully orchestrates the patterns of quotation and repetition instrumental in its heros quest to create his own character, his own language, life, and art: to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, published for the novels centennial, is the definitive text, authorized by the Joyce estate and collated from all known proofs, manuscripts, and impressions to reflect the authors original wishes.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
