Araby
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Get 30 days of Standard free
Araby
Buy Now for £3.74
-
Narrated by:
-
John Telfer
-
By:
-
James Joyce
A teenage boy falls in love with his friend's sister and must finagle a trip to a bazaar at nearby Araby to win her heart. But will it be that easy?
(P)2010 AudioGOCritic reviews
“Joyce’s short story “Araby” shows us a Dubliner stumbling over the boggy ground of adolescence…In an evening the narrator has moved from an innocent boy playing in the last light of childhood, to an anguished young man who has come to realize that maturity is not the realization of childhood’s promise, but its loss.…One of those often small but definitive moments, after which life is never quite the same again.”
(Guardian (London))I'll be honest that I had absolutely no idea what was going on, but, much like with my problematic Queer fave, Virginia Woolf, I let the beautiful prose wash over me. It was a glorious listen, and the narrative and themes were plain once before me in black and white.
I listened to an audiobook of this simply as I wanted to listen to something short from the Audible Included library while I was doing a few bits and making my tea. I had to listen to the fourth part twice as I thought I misses something.
I have been meaning to read Dubliners and Joyce for years and after this first taste, I absolutely need to prioritise more.
Beautiful
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Poignant Masterpiece
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.