Nuala O'Connor
Auteur de Miss Emily
A propos de l'auteur
Nuala O'Connor won an Emmy for writing a one-hour version of "Bringing It All Back Home" for the Disney Channel. She is an independent film producer. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Œuvres de Nuala O'Connor
The woman who lived her life backwards 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Ní Chonchúir, Nuala
- Date de naissance
- 1970
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Ireland
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Ireland
- Lieu de naissance
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lieux de résidence
- County Galway, Ireland
- Études
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA)
- Professions
- novelist
editor, Splonk e-zine
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 400
- Popularité
- #60,685
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 23
- ISBN
- 68
- Langues
- 3
The story starts over one hundred years ago but O'Connor writes in such a way that I feel like I am reading my contemporaries. We follow Nora as they move from Ireland to Europe, struggle through years of poverty and war, and eventually achieve a sense of stability. One part I wasn't expecting was the story of their daughter Lucia (who I knew little about).
I will freely admit that I've read very little of Joyce. I have completed two chapters of Ulysses which is an achievement considering the work but the two most striking things I came away with after reading this amazing work of bio-fiction was James Joyce was some eejit, and he and Nora loved each other passionately.
Joyce may be considered a genius, but I feel he would never have achieved this without Nora by his side. He was an alcoholic and would often stay out all night drinking and doing whatever he wanted with little consideration to the money that may have been better put to use elsewhere. At one point he commissioned a painting of Nora when they barely had money to feed and house themselves. In return, she gave him love, stability and a clip around the ear when he needed it.
Nora is the archetype of the suffering wife to the creative genius, but she loved him beyond all measure. Some parts I found her naive and wanted her to leave him if only to teach him a lesson but of course she would never do that. She defended him to everyone while at the same time challenging him to do better,
This is a heavily researched work of bio-fiction but O'Connor has also taken some fictional license - as you would expect. I listened on audiobook and the narrator did a brilliant job of bringing the words to life particularly Nora's voice.
A definite recommendation on this one no matter what you think about Joyce.… (plus d'informations)