James Joyce

De døde er en lang novelle / kortroman fra 1914 skrevet av den irske forfatteren James Joyce. Novellen er den siste i Joyces samling Dublinere. Handlingen er lagt til det årlige nyttårsselskapet hos søstrene Morkan. Hovedpersonen Gabriel Conroy er usikker på seg selv, ubekvem i sosiale situasjoner, og lykkes heller …

'Every night as I gazed up at the window I said softly to myself the word paralysis. It had always sounded strangely in my ears ... But now it sounded to me like the name of some maleficent and sinful being. It filled me with fear, and yet I longed to be nearer to it and to look upon its deadly work' From a child …

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity …