Dublinesque
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Samuel Riba is about to turn 60. A successful publisher in Barcelona, he is increasingly prone to attacks of anxiety and, looking for distraction, he concocts a spur-of-the-moment trip to Dublin, a city he has never visited but once dreamed about.
He sets off for Dublin on the pretext of honouring James Joyce’s Ulysses on Bloomsday. But as he and his friends gather in the cemetery to give their orations, a mysterious figure in a mackintosh resembling Joyce’s protégé Samuel Beckett hovers in the background. Is it Beckett, or is it the writer of genius that Riba has spent his whole career trying, and failing, to find?
From one of Spain’s greatest writers, a witty, moving novel about art, life, death and James Joyce.
Librarian’s Comments
A book layered in richness, Rachel Nolan has well said “it’s literature on literature”. And yet, it is a particularly moving story of someone deeply involved with literature having to deal with mortality amid other private demons. Superb reading.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
A book layered in richness, Rachel Nolan has well said “it’s literature on literature”. And yet, it is a particularly moving story of someone deeply involved with literature having to deal with mortality amid other private demons. Superb reading.