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    An Encounter
    An Encounter
    An Encounter
    Audiobook20 minutes

    An Encounter

    Written by James Joyce

    Narrated by Mark Thompson

    ()

    About this audiobook

    It was Joe Dillon who introduced the Wild West to us. He had a little library made up of old numbers of The Union Jack, Pluck and The Halfpenny Marvel. Every evening after school we met in his back garden and arranged Indian battles. He and his fat young brother Leo, the idler, held the loft of the stable while we tried to carry it by storm; or we fought a pitched battle on the grass. But, however well we fought, we never won siege or battle and all our bouts ended with Joe Dillon's war dance of victory. His parents went to eight-o'clock mass every morning in Gardiner Street and the peaceful odour of Mrs. Dillon was prevalent in the hall of the house. But he played too fiercely for us who were younger and more timid. He looked like some kind of an Indian when he capered round the garden, an old tea-cosy on his head, beating a tin with his fist and yelling:

    "Ya! yaka, yaka, yaka!"

    Everyone was incredulous when it was reported that he had a vocation for the priesthood. Nevertheless it was true.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVoices
    Release dateMay 18, 2024
    ISBN9798882445491
    An Encounter
    Author

    James Joyce

    James Joyce (1882–1941) was an Irish poet, novelist, and short story author and one of the most innovative artists of the twentieth century. His best-known works include Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artistas a Young Man, Finnegans Wake, and Ulysses, which is widely considered to be the greatest novel in the English language. 

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