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At 5mins to midnight, I remember it's Bloomsday!

  • 16-06-2010 11:00pm
    #1
    cobsie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 223 ✭✭


    Happy Bloomsday, I guess :)

    I never read Ulysses, even though I have a degree in English. Always found Joyce to be a bit...tedious, to be honest.

    Anyone else? Am I a fool not to have read one of the most famous books in history??


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  • #2
    Robbyn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭Robbyn


    Currently reading it and I understand what you mean, it is quite tedious.

    although on the other hand it's extremely interesting, witty and funny.

    Tough going but I know i will stick by it until the end and enjoy it at the same time. :)


  • #3
    cobsie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 223 ✭✭cobsie


    People always say how funny Joyce is and I can see that, but I also feel there's something cold at the centre of his work. I've read Dubliners and Portrait and while I could admire the brilliance, I never warmed to either.

    I'd rather read his mate Flann O'Brien!


  • #4
    Robbyn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭Robbyn


    I must read some Flann O brien, I've heard a lot about him.

    Yeah Im still struggling through Ulysses so I'll know better by the end of it.
    Btw shouldn't this be in the literature forum? There's a huge Ulysses thread there if your interested :)


  • #5
    cobsie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 223 ✭✭cobsie


    Funny you should mention it - I just discovered the literature forum last night! I'm fairly new to the boards, but I was delighted to find a load of interesting threads on books, so now I have to split my time between the creative writing and literature forums, which is twice the fun :)


  • #6
    Robbyn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭Robbyn


    I just discovered it today :p and yeah definitely twice the fun :)


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