Length13h 5m
About this audiobook
James Joyce: Exile of the Mind is the definitive biography of James Joyce (1882–1941) — the Irish modernist who shattered the conventions of fiction and rebuilt the novel from the inside out. Across ten richly detailed chapters, it follows Joyce from the gaslit streets of Dublin to the cafés of Trieste, Zurich, and Paris, tracing how a penniless exile became the most revolutionary writer of the twentieth century.
From his Jesuit education and fateful 1904 walk with Nora Barnacle — the first Bloomsday — through the decade-long battle to publish Dubliners, the triumph of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and the mountain of Ulysses (banned, then celebrated as the defining novel of the century), to the seventeen-year labor of Finnegans Wake, this biography captures both the earthy humor and towering intellect of the man who wrote the inner life of the twentieth century. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the mind behind the myth.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length13 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 9, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11. Chapter 1: The Dublin Hearth (1882–1893)
22. Chapter 2: The Rebel Student (1893–1902)
33. Chapter 3: The First Flight (1902–1904)
44. Chapter 4: The Adriatic Shore (1904–1909)
55. Chapter 5: Dublin Battles & The Artist (1909–1915)
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66. Chapter 6: Zurich Sanctuary (1915–1919)
77. Chapter 7: Paris and the Odyssey (1920–1922)
88. Chapter 8: Night and Language (1923–1931)
99. Chapter 9: The Wake and Darkness (1932–1939)
1010. Chapter 10: Final Flight to Zurich (1939–1941)
1111. Special Note
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