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by James Joyce (Author), Declan Kiberd (Author) "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed ..." (more)

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Paperback: 1040 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classic; New edition edition (Mar 23 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0141182806
ISBN-13: 978-0141182803
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 4.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 681 g

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Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday". The principal characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly. "Ulysses" has been labelled dirty, blasphemous and unreadable.In a famous 1933 court decision, Judge John M. Woolsey declared it an emetic book - although he found it not quite obscene enough to disallow its importation into the United States - and Virginia Woolf was moved to decry James Joyce's "cloacal obsession". None of these descriptions, however, do the slightest justice to the novel. To this day it remains the modernist masterpiece, in which the author takes both Celtic lyricism and vulgarity to splendid extremes. It is funny, sorrowful, and even (in its own way) suspenseful. And despite the exegetical industry that has sprung up in the last 75 years, "Ulysses" is also a compulsively readable book.

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James Joyce was born in Dublin in 1882, but exiled himself to Paris at twenty as a rebellion against his upbringing. He only returned to Ireland briefly from the Continent but Dublin was at heart of his greatest works, Ulysees and Finnegans Wake. He lived in poverty until the last ten years of his life and was plagued by near blindness and the grief of his daughter's insanity. He died in 1941.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pages 561-703, the "Nighttown" part, is spectacular., Feb 19 2007

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I wish to comment on the Nighttown part which is written in script format as a theatrical piece. I have not read all of Ulysses, only about half. I was directed to the Nighttown part since Martin Esslin, in "The Theater of the Absurd", wrote that "nighttown" surpassed anything in the theater of the absurd movement, which I was familiar with and fond of. As it turns out, from my own opinion, this section of Ulysses does surpass anything from the absurd genre, or at least rivals anything therein. The nighttown part is probably the most unbound and experimental part of the novel. Aside from its random craziness, Joyce displays a level of eccentricity and surrealism that was far, very far ahead of its day - and is still top class today. Within these 140 pages there is plenty of folly, spontaneous cleverness, and unexpected possibilities. Alas, not everyone can appreciate this talent.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great but difficult book, Mar 13 2006

By	Darcy T. (Vancouver) - See all my reviews

If you’re looking for a modern page-turner, a la “Da Vinci Code” by Brown or “Katzenjammer” by J. McCrae, then look someplace else. This is NOT it. ULYSSES is a classic in the same way that Proust’s work is, but easy to read? Don’t think so. It is worth your time trying to get through this tome, the same way it is with “Atlas Shrugged” or other classics that take a bit of getting used to. Most readers probably won't be able to approach this famous novel without some outside aid, but don't let that deter you. I've read parts of it many times and still haven't any idea what the central theme is supposed to be, yet it remains a fascinating work. The book is less about plot and character as it is about the creative use of language - stream-of-consciousness, changing narrators, parodies and other rhetorical devices are some of the techniques Joyce uses to the fullest. This is one of those rare books that can be read over and over and something new understood each time. For that alone, I recommend this to curious readers.

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4.0 out of 5 stars beautiful writing., Dec 5 2005

By	Anna English-Monday (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews

Ulysses is a novel that is beautifully written, probably the best I have ever read. After carefully reading Finnigan's Wake, there was much that I didn't quite understand. There were many words in this book that I couldn't understand, and therefore couldn't understand the story. However, in Ulysses, I found the writing to be absolutely amazing in terms of prose. Although there were times of misunderstanding the words, because of Irish slang and language, I was still able to understand the plot and idea of the book. Although originally a very lengthy book, only reading a little bit of this book has painted a beautiful picture of what the rest of the book is like indeed. As well, reading this book definitely creates word painting, which is definitely a sign of a good writing.

There is much use of alliteration in his writing that makes it more effective, more poetic. I haven't come across authors such as Joyce in a long while. Not until my university English class that discusses authors that I am happy to study.

The way Joyce describes in the book is absolutely amazing. "Hypnotised, listening. Eyes like that. She bent." His way of describing struck me as poetry, especially this passage in The Sirens. Reading poetry in prose I find is the most effective way of writing, which I'm starting to use in my own writing. I find that you don't see that enough in description. To actually see the poetic beauty behind description is really great.

Amazing. Absolutely amazing.

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The introduction of this book is wonderful, it helped me understand, not only the book itself, but also Joyce's state of mind while writting it. Read more

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