Dubliners

"Joyce's sharp little portraits of ordinary lives, where nothing much happens until everything does."

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories explore moments of epiphany—sudden spiritual manifestations or revelations—against the backdrop of nationalist and cultural paralysis, showcasing Joyce's acute observations of human nature.