Dominican University book club to discuss The Dubliners



Dominican University's Book Club will discuss James Joyce's The Dubliners on Tuesday, December 14 at 7:00 p.m. The discussion will be held in the Mulroy Lounge located on the first floor of Lewis Hall, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest.

Published in 1914, The Dubliners consists of 15 short stories depicting Irish middle class life in and around Dublin during the early 20th century. Although the characters do not know each other, their experiences unfold along the same streets. Their tragedies mirror that of Ireland, a country struggling for political identity and held back, in Joyce's view, by rigid religious ideas and adherence to tradition. Joyce's great skill at dialect offers a sense of the city's complex social structure, while themes of isolation, emotional paralysis, violence, regret and death run throughout the collection and link the stories.

For more information about Dominican University's Book Club, contact Mary Pat Fallon at (708) 524-6602 or at mpfallon@dom.edu.