A review by nicktraynor
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

4.0

It was beautifully written and skillfully composed. I recall parts of it from my first reading 27 years ago and I think I got more out of it this time. The first time I read it, I remember struggling with reconciling Stephen's religiosity with his vocation as an artist, but I appreciated the sensitivity of his nature more with the benefit of experience. I had some difficulty with following the plot, but Stephen's spiritual crises were artfully and expertly portrayed.