{"product_id":"dubliners","title":"Dubliners","description":"\u003cheader id=\"Header\" class=\"Header Header__siteHeaderBanner\" data-auth=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Header__contents\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"primaryNavContainer\" class=\"Header__primaryNavContainer Header__primaryNavContainer--hide\"\u003e\n\u003cnav class=\"HeaderPrimaryNav\" aria-label=\"Primary Navigation\" role=\"navigation\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI regret to see that my book has turned out un fiasco solenne\u003c\/i\u003e.' James Joyce's disillusion with the publication of Dubliners in 1914 was the result of ten years battling with publishers, resisting their demands to remove swear words, real place names and much else, including two entire stories. Although only 24 when he signed his first publishing contract for the book, Joyce already knew its worth: to alter it in any way would '\u003ci\u003eretard the course of civilisation in Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/nav\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"PageFrame PageFrame--siteHeaderBanner\" data-testid=\"pageFrame\"\u003e\u003cmain class=\"PageFrame__main BookPage\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPage__gridContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPage__rightColumn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPage__mainContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eJoyce's aim was to tell the truth — to create a work of art that would reflect life in Ireland at the turn of the last century and by rejecting euphemism, reveal to the Irish the unromantic reality the recognition of which would lead to the spiritual liberation of the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach of the fifteen stories offers a glimpse of the lives of ordinary Dubliners — a death, an encounter, an opportunity not taken, a memory rekindled — and collectively they paint a portrait of a nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/main\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"City Reads Books and Stationery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51813634867506,"sku":null,"price":190.0,"currency_code":"GHS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/0746\/1170\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_d203a2f0-70cd-4bd5-bdfc-a311832f5011.webp?v=1789474193","url":"https:\/\/cityreadsbookstore.com\/products\/dubliners","provider":"City Reads Books and Stationery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}