/lit/ - Literature

What is it about Irish writing that's so damn comfy? I just finished reading this and it was some of the most warm (albeit with some sour scenarios) prose I've ever read in my life. And as much as Joyce seemed to be against Yeats' whole revivalist ideal they both have that same sort of comfy magical essence in their writing that feels so distinctly Irish. How do they do it??

What's your favorite story out of here? Although it's only my first read I'd say mine are The Dead, Little Cloud, and The Sisters. I haven't read any other Joyce yet but I know this is supposed to have been his most accessible. Does it only get better from here?