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30,000 Words of commentary from 20+ hours of interviews, ready for your conversations
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Experience James Joyce’s Dubliners alongside John Banville. Ireland’s most famous contemporary novelist is here to connect you more deeply to Ireland’s most influential 20th century author, only on Rebind.

At the end of his life, James Joyce was rumored to have been visited by an old school friend. The friend reportedly said, "Jimmy, I tried to read your books—Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake—I’m sure they're masterpieces, but I think your best book is Dubliners.” Joyce is said to have replied, "You know what? I think you're right.”

John Banville recounted this anecdote, saying it speaks to the book’s special place in Joyce’s body of work.

“I was astonished to find that literature could be about life as I knew it. These stories are immediate. They are about the real world. Each story is as enlightening about the world now as it was when it was written.”
- John Banville

“I first read Dubliners when I was about 12 or 13,” Banville recollects. “My sister gave it to me and said, ‘You should read this.’ And she was right. I was astonished to find that literature could be about life as I knew it. These stories are immediate. They are about the real world. Each story is as enlightening about the world now as it was when it was written.”

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Here are some questions Banville will explore with you as you read Dubliners:

How do you see the story of "Araby," its plot, and its characters reflecting the nature of young love with all its pitfalls and little tragedies? Do you think the story reflects the nature of heroism in Joyce’s time? What about in our own time?
"Eveline" is a story about the profound difficulty of freedom. How does the story highlight the anxiety that accompanies liberty? How does this make you feel about your own willingness to explore the possibilities of life?

Experience Rebind’s Dubliners today to interact with 20+ hours of John Banville’s commentary, and explore the meaning deep inside each of James Joyce’s classic short stories.

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About John Banville

AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, REBINDER

John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. During his storied career, he’s published numerous books to great acclaim, including Nightspawn, The Sea, The Book of Evidence, and The Revolutions Trilogy. Banville has received numerous awards including the Man Booker Prize and the Franz Kafka Prize.

We go to art in order to have a more vivid sense of what it is to be a human being. And when you read Joyce's Dubliners, as is the case when you experience any real work of art, you do have that vivified sense of what it is to be alive.
- John Banville

Banville's deep connection to James Joyce's Dubliners is rooted in his lifelong admiration of the short story collection. As an acclaimed writer and critic who shares Joyce’s Irish heritage, Banville is a perfect guide to introduce Dubliners to a new generation or reintroduce Dubliners to returning readers. His thoughtful questions and commentary, available exclusively on Rebind, invite you to experience Joyce’s masterpiece like never before.

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About Dubliners

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James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories, first published in 1914. Each story paints a vivid portrait of early 20th-century Dublin, capturing the lives of ordinary people grappling with their desires, regrets, and aspirations. A classic work of realism written by Joyce in his early years, this collection of stories challenges readers to face themes of paralysis, longing, and the search for personal freedom. Reading this collection initiates an exploration of the human condition, even its darkest and most jarring aspects.

I wanted real adventure to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.
- James Joyce, Dubliners

Dubliners remains a timeless classic that invites readers to reflect on their own relationships, identity, and place in the world that is coming undone after expecting far too much of itself. Joyce once suggested that Dubliners, rather than Ulysses, was his greatest work. We tend to agree—and invite you to find out why.

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About James Joyce

James Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, known for his complex and stylistically innovative works that significantly influenced the modernist movement. His masterpiece Ulysses (1922), which follows the character Leopold Bloom through an ordinary day in Dublin, is often acclaimed as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Joyce's distinctive narrative techniques, such as stream of consciousness, interior monologue, and the use of puns, allusions, and parodies, challenge traditional narrative norms and probe deeply into the inner lives of his characters. Despite facing censorship and obscenity charges during his lifetime, Joyce's works remain celebrated for their novel approach to literary realism and profound exploration of human consciousness, memory, and identity.

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