Three daughters and their husbands are pulled into a triangle of love, jealousy, and fear when their father grows too old to manage the family's fertile thousand acre farm.

This story captures a day in the life of an Everyman in turn-of-the-century Dublin. Obliquely borrowing characters and situations from Homer's Odyssey, Joyce takes us on an internal odyssey along the current of thoughts, impressions, and experiences that make up the adventure of living an average day. As his characters stroll, eat, ruminate, and argue through the streets of Dublin, Joyce's narrative weaves events, emotions, and memories in a free...