A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Modern Classics)

James Joyce's debut novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, is a seminal work in modern literature.

In this semi-autobiographical novel, young Stephen Dedalus longs to be an artist but must first overcome the obstacles of church, school, and society that restrict his imagination and smother his soul. The book's innovative style is evident from the first pages, a chronicle of an infant's observations of his surroundings and one of the first examples of the "stream of consciousness" technique.

James Joyce, often recognized as the finest stylist in twentieth-century English literature, deserves the title "revolutionary." His creative explorations in form and organization, language and substance foreshadowed the modernist movement and continue to impact writers today.

Dimensions: 12.9 x 3.5 x 19.8 cm