Ulysses

Blurb

"Ulysses" on James Joyce'i romaan, mis ilmus esmalt järjejutuna USA ajakirjas The Little Review ning tervikuna 1922 Sylvia Beachi väljaandel Pariisis.
Romaani tegevus toimub Dublinis 16. juunil 1904, selle peategelane on Leopold Bloom. Teose ülesehituses on ohtralt paralleele "Odüsseiaga".
Teose peategelase perekonnanime järgi tähistatakse 16. juunit mitmel pool maailmas Bloomsday'na. Prantsuse ajaleht Le Monde valis selle 1999. aastal sajandi 100 parima raamatu hulka.

First Published

1922

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Aleksandra.marinkovic

There are two and a half (almost three reasons) why this book is the Mount Everest of English literature. 1. If you are not Irish and/or Catholic you will not know half the references; 2. If you are not educated and well read, you will not know the other half; 3. Joyce experimented hard and heavy! #3 also makes it absolutely worth reading!

0 Responses posted in January

Walter.kailey

The book is vulgar and almost impossible to follow, at least in audio form. It jumps around, and the narrator is constantly using metaphors involving bodily waste, bodily fluids, and other unpleasant imagery. What anyone could see in this book mystifies me. I also don't understand how ReadGeek recommended it to me, based on other books I've rated. I'm very disillusioned with the ReadGeek recommender algorithm. As a software engineer, I understand how such algorithms are supposed to work, and I consider this a blunder of the first water.

0 Responses posted in November

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