EAN: 9780062912879

THE JOYCE GIRL - ANNABEL ABBS KARTONIERT (TB)

Abbs has found a gripping and little-known story at the heart of one of the 20th century's most
astonishing creative moments  researched it deeply  and brought the extraordinary Joyce family
and their circle in 1920s Paris to richly-imagined life.-Emma Darwin  bestselling author of A
Secret Alchemy and The Mathematics of Love For readers who adored novels like The Paris Wife  Z
and Loving Frank  comes Annabel Abbs highly praised debut novel  where she spins the story of
James Joyce's fascinating  and tragic  daughter  Lucia. When she reaches her full capacity for
rhythmic dancing  James Joyce may yet be known as his daughter's father . . . The review in the
Paris Times in November 1928 is rapturous in its praise of Lucia Joyce's skill and artistry as
a dancer. The family has made their home in Paris-where the latest ideas in art  music  and
literature converge . Acolytes regularly visit the Joyce apartment to pay homage to Ireland's
exiled literary genius. Among them is a tall  thin young man named Samuel Beckett-a fellow
Irish expat who idolizes Joyce and with whom Lucia becomes romantically involved. Lucia is both
gifted and motivated  training tirelessly with some of the finest teachers in the world. Though
her father delights in his daughter's talent  she clashes with her mother  Nora. And as her
relationship with Beckett sours  Lucia's dreams unravel  as does her hope of a life beyond her
father's shadow. With Lucia's behavior growing increasingly erratic  James Joyce sends her to
pioneering psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Here  at last  she will tell her own story-a fascinating 
heartbreaking account of thwarted ambition  passionate creativity  and the power of love to
both inspire and destroy. The Joyce Girl creates a compelling and moving account of the
real-life Joyce Girl  of unrealized dreams and rejection  and of the destructive love of a
father.

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