The Cat and the Devil

The Cat and the Devil
James Joyce, Lelis Leslis
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Hardback
h210 x 280mm - 32pg
2 Sep 2021 IRE
International import eta 10-19 days
9781912417919
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A delightful children' s story by James Joyce, genius author of Ulysses, in a gorgeously illustrated new edition. On 10 August 1936, James Joyce wrote a letter to his grandson Stephen. In the letter he told, in simple language, the story of how the Devil built a bridge across the river at the town of Beaugency. As usual, the Devil wanted a high price for his gift. But the clever mayor of the town outwitted the Devil by making use of the Devil' s fondness for cats. It was an old French story but Joyce gave the mayor the name of a famous mayor of his own home town of Dublin in Ireland: the popular politician and character, Alfie Byrne. The story has since been published in picturebook form, but it has long been out of print in English. This gorgeously illustrated new Little Island edition brings back the delightful children' s story written by Ireland' s greatest writer, author of the Modernist masterpiece Ulysses, James Joyce.
James Joyce (1882-1941) is one of the most important authors in the history of the English language. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he immortalised the city of his birth in modernist masterpiece Ulysses (1922). That book is celebrated annually in Dublin on 16 June, known as "Bloomsday" after its main character, Leopold Bloom. Joyce' s other works include Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Finnegans Wake. The Cat and the Devil was first written in a letter to his young grandson, Stephen Joyce.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781912417919
Published: 2 Sep 2021
Published In: Ireland
Imprint: Little Island
Publisher: Little Island
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 280mm
Pages: 32

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