Dubliners

This collection offers a naturalistic depiction of life in Dublin, revealing the spiritual and intellectual stagnation of the city's inhabitants. Through a series of interconnected stories, the author exposes the quiet desperation and paralyzed will of clerks, mothers, and bohemians. The final story, "The Dead," expands the scope to a universal meditation on mortality and memory. It is a precise and unflinching examination of the human condition in a paralyzed society.