Stanislaus Joyce was more than his brother's keeper: he was at various times his brother's co-dependent, touchstone, conscience, and biggest fan. The two shared the same genius, the same childhood influences, and had the same literary instinct, but in Stanislaus it was channeled into sober academic pursuit, while in James it evolved into gaiety, wild whimsy, and at times sodden despair.Covering the first twenty-two years of James Joyce's life in Dublin and Trieste, My Brother's Keeper is a window onto the drama that was his youth. Thanks to Stanislaus's superb memory and sure hand, here we...
Stanislaus Joyce was more than his brother's keeper: he was at various times his brother's co-dependent, touchstone, conscience, and biggest fan. The ...
Stanislaus Joyce (1884 - 1955) hat bis zu seinem Tod an diesem Buch geschrieben, in dem er die Dubliner Jugendjahre seines Bruders schildert, gemeinsam durchlebte Jahre, in denen sich Geist, Weltansicht und Genie von James Joyce herausbildeten. Seite um Seite begegnen wir Elementen, welche verwandelt in das Werk von Joyce eingegangen sind. Besessen, wie er von dem Gegenstand seiner Memoiren war ... wuchs Stanislaus Joyce selbst zum Schriftsteller, zum Verfasser dieses einen Buches, das wert ist, einen dauernden Platz im Bücherschrank neben den Werken des Bruders einzunehmen."
Stanislaus Joyce (1884 - 1955) hat bis zu seinem Tod an diesem Buch geschrieben, in dem er die Dubliner Jugendjahre seines Bruders schildert, gemeinsa...