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Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce (2021 original; edición 2021)

por Nuala O'Connor (Autor)

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"Dublin, 1904. Nora Barnacle, from Galway, works as a maid at Finn's Hotel. Her life is changed when she meets Dubliner James Joyce, a fateful encounter that turns into a lifelong love. Despite his hesitation to marry, Nora follows Joyce in pursuit of a life beyond Ireland. As their life unfolds, Nora finds herself in conflict between their intense desire for each other and the constant anxiety of living in poverty throughout Europe. She believes in Jim's singular gift and knows that he thrives on being the toast of the town. As Jim writes, drinks, and gambles his way to literary acclaim, Nora provides unflinching support and inspiration, but at a cost to her own happiness and that of their children."--Publisher.… (más)
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Título:Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce
Autores:Nuala O'Connor (Autor)
Información:Harper Collins USA (2021), 496 pages
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When Nora Barnacle, a twenty-year-old maid from Galway, meets young James Joyce on a summer’s day in Dublin, she is instantly attracted to him. But she cannot yet imagine the extraordinary life they will share together. All Nora knows is she likes her Jim enough to leave behind family and home, in search of a bigger, more exciting life.

The story starts over one hundred years ago but O'Connor writes in such a way that I feel like I am reading my contemporaries. We follow Nora as they move from Ireland to Europe, struggle through years of poverty and war, and eventually achieve a sense of stability. One part I wasn't expecting was the story of their daughter Lucia (who I knew little about).

I will freely admit that I've read very little of Joyce. I have completed two chapters of Ulysses which is an achievement considering the work but the two most striking things I came away with after reading this amazing work of bio-fiction was James Joyce was some eejit, and he and Nora loved each other passionately.

Joyce may be considered a genius, but I feel he would never have achieved this without Nora by his side. He was an alcoholic and would often stay out all night drinking and doing whatever he wanted with little consideration to the money that may have been better put to use elsewhere. At one point he commissioned a painting of Nora when they barely had money to feed and house themselves. In return, she gave him love, stability and a clip around the ear when he needed it.

Nora is the archetype of the suffering wife to the creative genius, but she loved him beyond all measure. Some parts I found her naive and wanted her to leave him if only to teach him a lesson but of course she would never do that. She defended him to everyone while at the same time challenging him to do better,

This is a heavily researched work of bio-fiction but O'Connor has also taken some fictional license - as you would expect. I listened on audiobook and the narrator did a brilliant job of bringing the words to life particularly Nora's voice.

A definite recommendation on this one no matter what you think about Joyce. ( )
  rosienotrose | Jul 11, 2023 |
This is just a quick review because I am a bit preoccupied with rescuing some data from a trial software program before I lose access to it. (Because #LongBoringStory I am not going to pay for it all over again!)

Nora is, as the subtitle says, a love story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce, known to booklovers as the author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, even if they haven't read them. Nora was selected for the One Dublin, One Book program and I won a copy of it in a giveaway for Reading Ireland Month from Cathy at 746 Books.

#Digression: Intrigued, I looked up the previous books chosen for the One Dublin, One Book program. It turns out that I've read or have on the TBR some of the titles chosen over the years, and a couple are reviewed on this blog:

  • 2006: At Swim Two Birds (1939) by Flann O'Brien

  • 2007: A Long Long Way (2005) by Sebastian Barry, on the TBR

  • 2008: Gulliver's Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift, read ages ago

  • 2010: The Picture of Dorian Grey (1890) by Oscar Wilde, read ages ago

  • 2012: Dubliners (1914) by James Joyce

  • 2019: The Country Girls Trilogy (1960) by Edna O'Brien, on my wishlist


Sales must be wonderful for the contemporary authors whose books are chosen. This year's choice BTW is an historical novel called The Coroner's Daughter by Andrew Hughes.

Ok, back to Nora...

The novel is written entirely from Nora's point of view, in first person. Blurbers suggest that the portrayal is reasonably faithful to real life, and the story traces the couple's meeting in Ireland in 1904, and their peripatetic, often poverty-stricken lifestyle in Europe and the UK. It shows Joyce's determination to live by the pen, and the extraordinary impact that publication had on their precarious finances. It also shows Nora's loyalty in the face of (a-hem) unreasonable behaviour by Joyce, and it makes the case that she was his muse and that, without her, his masterpieces would not have been written. Although she was an uneducated, unsophisticated woman who (under sufferance) read only bits and pieces of his work — and she never contemplated helping him with the writing even when his eyes were intolerably bad — she was intelligent and made good company when they were gadding about socially.

To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2023/01/10/nora-a-love-story-of-nora-barnacle-and-james... ( )
  anzlitlovers | Jan 9, 2023 |
A Portrait of the Woman
Review of the HarperAudio audiobook edition, released simultaneously with the Harper Perennial paperback (January 1, 2021)

Review in Progress ( )
  alanteder | Jun 29, 2021 |
„Vielleicht bin ich ihm als Frau zu einfach, zu sehr Galway, zu wenig Bildung, zu arm. Vielleicht stehe ich ihm im Weg und er will jetzt seine Freiheit, vielleicht schreibt er mir deshalb Dinge, damit ich mich gräme und weine, allein in unserem Bett.“ (Zitat Seite 189)

Inhalt
Die Irin Nora Barnacle arbeitet als Zimmermädchen in einem Hotel in Dublin. Sie ist zwanzig Jahre alt, als sie 1904 James Joyce kennenlernt. Gemeinsam verlassen sie heimlich Irland und leben in wilder Ehe zusammen. Ihr Weg führt sie nach Zürich, Triest, Paris. Beide können nicht mit Geld umgehen und so leben sie viele Jahre mit ihren zwei Kindern auf engstem Raum und in großer Armut, unterstützt von seinem Bruder Stanislaus Joyce und Freunden, bevor der Erfolg seiner Bücher sie finanziell absichert. Für Nora, Vorbild der Frauenfiguren in seinen Romanen, ist der alkoholsüchtige, schwierige Künstler, ihr Jim, der Mittelpunkt ihres Lebens und sie glaubt an seinen Erfolg als Schriftsteller.

Thema und Genre
Dieser Roman mit biografischem Hintergrund schildert das Leben von Nora Joyce an der Seite des irischen Schriftstellers James Joyce als fiktive Autobiografie der Ich-Erzählerin Nora.

Charaktere
Im zeitgenössischen Freundes- und Bekanntenkreis wird Nora als sehr gewöhnliche, ungebildete Frau geschildert. Obwohl Brenda Maddox in ihrer Biografie dieses wohl einseitige Bild ändern konnte, zeigt der vorliegende Roman wieder das Bild einer Nora, die zwar die Gedichte ihres Jim liebte, doch seine Bücher nie gelesen hat, weil sie einfachste Heftromane bevorzugte. In den schwierigen Zeiten vor seinem Erfolg bleibt sie nur bei ihm, weil sie befürchtet, alleine nicht für ihre beiden Kinder sorgen zu können. Die Gutmütigkeit von Stanislaus, James‘ Bruder, nützt sie aus, immer wieder bittet sie ihn mit Selbstverständlichkeit um Geld. So macht dieser Roman aus Nora eine nicht sehr sympathische Frau.

Handlung und Schreibstil
Nora Barnacle-Joyce schildert ihre Geschichte selbst, der Roman ist als Ich-Erzählung in Tagebuchform gestaltet. Er beginnt mit dem ersten Date mit James „Jim“ am 16. Juni 1904. Es folgt eine kurze Schilderung ihrer Kindheit bis zu diesem Tag. Die Handlung endet 1951 in Zürich. Um Nora authentisch wirken zu lassen, ist dieser Roman in einer einfachen Umganssprache geschrieben und konnte mich streckenweise nicht überzeugen und packen. Vielleicht liegt dies teilweise auch an der Übersetzung, oftmals „grunzt“ Jim, oder Nora, oder ein Freund, bevor sie bzw. er etwas sagen und hier hätte es, wie so oft in der englischen Sprache, mehrere Übersetzungsmöglichkeiten geben. Während der Bahnfahrt nach Zürich: „Jim grunzt. ‚Bald geht’s durch den Arlbergtunnel, Nora.‘“ (Zitat Seite 260)

Fazit
Ein Roman in autobiografischer Form, dessen deutscher Untertitel „und die Liebe zu den Büchern“, der im englischen Original fehlt, dazu führte, dass ich eine etwas andere Schilderung des Lebens von Nora Joyce erwartet hatte. Hier wird zwar auch erzählt, wie James Jocye an seinen Romanen schreibt, aber generell geht es nicht um Literatur, sondern um Noras Alltag, ihre Befindlichkeiten, ihre Suche nach Freundinnen in fremden Städten, ihre sexuellen Phantasien. Dennoch ist es eine interessante Frauengeschichte über das Leben an der Seite eines schwierigen Künstlers, die sicher begeisterte Leserinnen finden wird. ( )
  Circlestonesbooks | Apr 18, 2021 |
Occasionally, a book comes a long that in much better as an audiobook. This is one of them. Nora is the common law wife of James Joyce. Told in her voice, the narrator, Jenn McGuirk, can change voices for different characters and portrays Nora Joseph Barnacle’s love for Joyce even as he drinks, writes and gambles his way to literary stardom. Nora’s life was hard. She was the one picking up the pieces. Both the writing and the narration give testament to the full range of Nora’s emotions. She deserves a lot more credit for keeping Joyce moving forward as she struggled to take care of their family. ( )
  brangwinn | Jan 5, 2021 |
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"Dublin, 1904. Nora Barnacle, from Galway, works as a maid at Finn's Hotel. Her life is changed when she meets Dubliner James Joyce, a fateful encounter that turns into a lifelong love. Despite his hesitation to marry, Nora follows Joyce in pursuit of a life beyond Ireland. As their life unfolds, Nora finds herself in conflict between their intense desire for each other and the constant anxiety of living in poverty throughout Europe. She believes in Jim's singular gift and knows that he thrives on being the toast of the town. As Jim writes, drinks, and gambles his way to literary acclaim, Nora provides unflinching support and inspiration, but at a cost to her own happiness and that of their children."--Publisher.

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