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06-20-2006, 12:28 AM
|  | dance into the fire. | | Join Date: Apr 2006
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| |  Ulysses
James Joyce's classic. Has anyone ever gotten through this? I really want to read it but I find it quite challenging. I'm not an English Lit scholar so please bear with me...I'd really love to read it though. |
06-20-2006, 07:35 AM
|  | Phil Goff | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Westport, New Zealand
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| | | I tried to impress my parents by giving it a crack when I was about 13, but I failed miserably. It inspired me to try "Portrait of the artist..." instead, which was a much more rewarding experience. |
06-20-2006, 06:42 PM
|  | murder boy | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: the business end
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| | | My attempts usually go:
"stately, plump buck milligan... oh fuck off."
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06-20-2006, 10:59 PM
| | Phil Goff | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Westport, New Zealand
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| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by RomanNoseJob My attempts usually go:
"stately, plump buck milligan... oh fuck off." | I think all honest people are much the same! Just looking at Finnegans Wake makes me break out in a cold sweat, much less attempt to read the damn thing. |
06-20-2006, 11:19 PM
|  | ....... | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Los Angeles
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| | | i went to a humanities majors graduation on friday night and the guest speaker centered her entire speech on this book. |
06-23-2006, 06:27 PM
| | Registered Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brokebitch Mountain
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| | I bought a copy of it a long ass time ago and have never attempted to read it even once. I'm too intimidated.  |
06-23-2006, 06:36 PM
|  | *fag hag whore* | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wiltshire,England
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| | | My Dad has it, he's read it...i think I should. I really love a lot of Irish writers so i might attempt this over the summer. |
07-08-2006, 09:51 AM
|  | I'm not there. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Australia
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| | | I've been trying to read it but have so far given up after the first page...about 4 times.
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07-08-2006, 12:32 PM
|  | self-made bedroom ninja | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: oh-hi-ih-ih-oo
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| | | its amazing
i recommend reading 'portrait' first
its easier, you get to know stephen more, adn you get the gist of joyce's writing style
ulysses and finnegans wake are both amazing
joyce is, in my opinion, definatly one of the greatest writers and thinkers of the 20th centry
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