by Brenda Maddox · Plaza y Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401385186
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«Nora Joyce» is the biography Brenda Maddox wrote about Nora Barnacle, wife and muse of James Joyce, published by Plaza y Janés in hardback.
The biography traces the life of Nora Barnacle, from her childhood in Galway to her European exile with James Joyce. Maddox reconstructs the couple's relationship and Nora's influence on the writer's work, drawing an intimate portrait of a woman who was wife, muse and companion.
1994 edition. Ave Fénix collection, major series, number 18. Translation by Roser Berdagué. Bibliography on pages 621-633.
For readers interested in the figure of James Joyce, biographies of writers' partners, and twentieth-century Irish literature.
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.
