“Joyce renews our apprehension of reality, strengthens our sympathy with our fellow creatures, and leaves us in awe before the mystery of created thing.”
ATLANTIC MONTHLY
“It is in the prose of Dubliners that we first hear the authentic rhythms of Joyce the poet…Dubliners is, in a very real sense, the foundation of Joyce’s art. In shaping its stories, he developed that mastery of naturalistic detail and symbolic design which is the hallmark of his mature fiction.”
ROBERT SCHOLES and WALTON LITZ, DUBLINERS: TEXT AND CRITICISM
詹姆斯•乔伊斯（James Joyce，1882—1941），爱尔兰著名作家、诗人，他是意识流文学的开山鼻祖，也是整个现代派文学的宗师。《都柏林人》是詹姆斯•乔伊斯久负盛名的短篇小说集，1914年出版，置景于乔伊斯的故乡都柏林，截取中下层人民生活的横断面，一个片刻一群人，十五个故事汇集起来，宛若一幅印象主义的绘画，笔触简练，错落成篇，浮现出苍凉世态，遥远、清冷，然而精致，是上上之品。堪称20世纪最著名的短篇小说集。