by Brenda Maddox · Ballantine Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780449904107
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«Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyce» is Brenda Maddox's biography of Nora Joyce, published by Ballantine Books in paperback (496 pages, in English).
It tells the life of Nora Joyce, the young Irishwoman who eloped with James Joyce and stayed with him for nearly four decades, raising their two children and keeping the home in Trieste, Paris and Zurich. She was also his 'portable Ireland', the origin of characters like Molly Bloom, and this book reconstructs her character, her sensuality and her decisive influence on the writer's work.
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the biography category and a finalist for the National Book Award; originally published in 1988 under the title «Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom».
For readers interested in James Joyce, Irish literature and biographies that reclaim the role of women behind great authors.
Brenda, Lady Maddox was an American writer and biographer, who spent most of her adult life living and working in the UK, from 1959 until her death. She is best known for her biographies, including of Nora Barnacle, the wife of James Joyce, and for her semi-autobiographical book, The Half-Parent: Living with Other People's Children.
