A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce It is this vast archipelago

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are thrown together in an isolated Mexican hotel for one eventful night

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce It is this vast archipelagoAgainst the backdrop of nineteenth century Dublin, a boy becomes a man: his mind testing its powers, obsessions taking hold and loosening again, the bonds of family, tradition, nation and religion transforming from supports into shackles; until the young man devotes himself to the celebration of beauty, and reaches for independence and the life of an artist.