On their arrival in Trieste in 1904,James Joyce left Norah Barnacle outside a railway station while he went to scare up money. He got embroiled in a fight with a couple of sailors and was locked up for his troubles. A penniless Norah was left alone for almost an entire day and night sitting on their suitcases at the station in a city where she knew no one and where she didn't speak the language. In real life,Norah waited for him. This novel asks - what if she hadn't In Penelope Unbound,one of our greatest living novelists weaves a spellbinding speculative history. By unhooking Norah from her famous husband,Morrissy gives her a compelling new voice,with heartbreak and humanity all her own. Sensual,inventive and uproariously funny,Penelope Unbound reimagines a Joycean heroine for the 21st century.
Publisher: Banshee PressISBN: 9781838312688Dimensions: 216 x 135 mm
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