De Doden by James Joyce
At a holiday party in Dublin, a reserved schoolteacher observes and participates in social rituals, delivering a speech that reveals his insecurities and strained intimacy with his wife; when a sentimental song prompts her to confess a memory of a former lover, he is struck by jealousy, vulnerability, and the gulf between them, leading to a moving, reflective moment in which he recognizes the persistence of the past, the inevitability of mortality, and the bittersweet human yearning for connection.
- Published
- 1914
- Nationality
- Irish
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - The Dead
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