Dubliners Richard Ellmann has argued, "Joyce claims importance by claiming nothing" His characters' personalities can only be observed because they are not explicitly told. The collection progresses chronologically, beginning with stories of youth and progressing in age to culminate in "The Dead". Emphasis is laid upon the specific geographic details of Dublin, for example, road names and buildings feature extensively. Dubliners 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 were
The Turning (short story collection) The Turning (short story collection) The Turning is a collection of short stories by Australian author Tim Winton published in April 2005. Many of the 17 short stories included interweave in their respective narratives. The story is set in a small Western Australian town is about all different kinds of turnings. Turnings in people, situations, surprises, accidents, relationships and the turning of time. The turnings come at crucial times in the characters lives. They are doomed and unhappy people and though the turning may not change their lives we see their humanity even if just for a moment. This multi