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The Joyce Girl: A Novel of Jazz Age Paris
Paperback
General FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher Price: $16.99
ISBN13: 9780062912879
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: Jun 2 2020
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Abbs has found a gripping and little-known story
at the heart of one of the 20th century's most astonishing creative moments,
researched it deeply, and brought the extraordinary Joyce family and their
circle in 1920s Paris to richly-imagined life.--Emma Darwin, bestselling author
For readers who adored novels like The Paris Wife, Z, and Loving Frank, comes Annabel Abbs highly praised debut novel, where she spins the story of James Joyce's fascinating, and tragic, daughter, Lucia.
When she reaches her full capacity for rhythmic dancing,
James Joyce may yet be known as his daughter's father . . .
The review in the Paris Times in November 1928 is
rapturous in its praise of Lucia Joyce's skill and artistry as a dancer. The
family has made their home in Paris--where the latest ideas in art,
music, and literature converge. Acolytes regularly visit the Joyce
apartment to pay homage to Ireland's exiled literary genius. Among them is a
tall, thin young man named Samuel Beckett--a fellow Irish expat who idolizes
Joyce and with whom Lucia becomes romantically involved.
Lucia is both gifted and motivated,
training tirelessly with some of the finest teachers in the world. Though her
father delights in his daughter's talent, she clashes with her mother, Nora.
And as her relationship with Beckett sours, Lucia's dreams unravel, as does her
hope of a life beyond her father's shadow.
With Lucia's behavior growing
increasingly erratic, James Joyce sends her to pioneering psychoanalyst Carl
Jung. Here, at last, she will tell her own story--a fascinating, heartbreaking
account of thwarted ambition, passionate creativity, and the power of love to
both inspire and destroy.
The Joyce Girl creates a compelling and
moving account of the real-life Joyce Girl, of unrealized dreams and rejection,
and of the destructive love of a father.
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