Conversations with James Joyce - Hardcover

Power, Arthur

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9780860000068: Conversations with James Joyce

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ISBN 10: 0860000060 ISBN 13: 9780860000068

Publisher: Millington, 1974

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"Only a few friends were privileged to know anything of the real personality behind the courteous facade of Joyce. Power was 1 of the even smaller number who succeeded in engaging Joyce in repeated + sustained conversation on such topics as literature + literary values. After a slightly insecure start the friendship between Power + the Joyce family flourished in the 20s, for apart from his personal attractiveness, Power had the important virtue, in Joyce's eyes, of being not only Irish but also loquacious. It is not only about literary topics that Power has something of value to say. He offers may small insights into Joyce's daily habits + tastes in more mundane matters,+ the small vignettes which he provides of Joyce + his family both at work+ in more convivial circumstances are among the freshest to have been recorded...a fascinating + charming book."

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Arthur Power (1891–1984) was raised in Waterford, Ireland, and served in the First World War before moving to Paris, where he socialized with the sculptor Jo Davidson, interviewed Amadeo Modigliani, and became a regular visitor to the Joyce home. After ten years in France, Power moved back home to Ireland to try to manage the family estate and was for a long time an art critic for The Irish Times. He is also the author of From the Old Waterford House (1940).

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