The Dead by James Joyce

A true masterpiece of contemporary short fiction.

Christmas Eve at the Morkans' home is the quintessential annual event. The home is filled with laughter, music, and dancing, to the great enjoyment of the guests and their hosts. But it is also filled with the silence of those who are no longer with us. The memory of those who have passed away will lead the characters down long-forgotten paths.

The reader, guided by Gabriel Conroy, lost in the reflection of Dublin's white night, will witness an epiphany, that anticipates the innovative techniques employed by Joyce in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.