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Ulysses [Paperback]

James Joyce
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Genius Unbound. Jun 9 2004
Format:Hardcover
We're approaching the 100th anniversary of the action in Ulysses and I've taken my copy out and began to reread it. No other book I know of has more power to inspire or instill creative thought. His symbolism and skill is simply astounding. Anthony Burgess once said that many times he'd think of Ulysses and then think about his own work, "Why bother?" I know what he meant, but the power of the characters and style gives everday writers like myself something to strive for. This book is worth more than ten creative writing courses in the Ivy League. Even if I wanted to, I could never forget it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars --Introibo ad altare Dei July 19 2004
Format:Hardcover
I wrote this review previously w/ my other Amazon account but now that I changed email addresses, I'm going to publish this review in this account

Ulysses is considered by me to be the greatest book ever written. Now the following review is just the very basic storyline, in order to even begin to fathom the magnitude of it's magnificence, you need to read the other reviews and so here it is. It describes in florid detail a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom, his wife Molly and Stephen Dedalus, a young would-be-writer -- a character based on Joyce himself. Bloom, a Jewish advertising salesman, spends the day wandering through the streets and offices, pubs and brothels of 1904 Dublin

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars My patience are exhausted Jan 24 2012
By L. Power HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
I bought the Ulysses (Gabler Edition) edition of this book recently as we were reading Ulysses as part of an online book club. The advantage of that edition is that it is popular edition and also has line numberings so that as part of a group you can immediately locate a piece of text.

Joyce edited and added bits and pieces to the text over the years much to the chagrin and frustration of his publishers, so you can expect minor variations between editions, yet they may be 95-99% similar.

"Ineluctable modality of the visible."

There are certain passages that no dictionary will help you with, and that is why you may need a companion book, such as Ulysses annotated, which explains the many allusions, whether to Latin, parallels with the Bible, with the Odyssey which this story loosely parallels, to Latin, British Rule, historical context, local maps, Hamlet, mythical search for the missing father, Shakespeare and the Bible.

The further you get into this book the better it gets.

At once this book is inpiring yet challenging, sometimes perplexing yet ultimately rewarding. Full of inventive wordplay that sometimes defies instant comprehension. I have read entire pages that turn out to be word salad at first. Every chapter has a different narrative style, such as inner monologue, narcissistic, catechism, stream of consciousness. Sometimes this book is brutal to read, sometimes a joy. I can understand why this book is so influential, and the words nibble at the edge of your consciousness forcing your mind to expand itself. This book has changed the way I think about writing, as I have never seen som many different narrative devices used in a single book before. The final chapter with Molly Bloom in bed, with its runon sentences is simply hilarious.

And if you search you can find free online chapter summaries of chapters to speed your comprehension.

I hope you found this review helpful.
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4.0 out of 5 stars "Just you try it on."
'Ulysses' is surrounded as much by controversy as brilliance. In his masterwork, Joyce moulds his theories on narrative, humanity, and philosophy into a complex view of Dublin at... Read more
Published 8 months ago by AP
4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, or?
I knew this wasn't going to be the easiest book to read when I ordered it, but it certainly is an interesting one! I wasn't sure if I would get anything from this tome or not. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Raymond A. Smith
3.0 out of 5 stars not as illustrated
Nice readable book but not as illustrated, delivery in fairly good time considering an international order. Company label tore cover when I tried to remove it. Oh well!
Published 18 months ago by JWJW
5.0 out of 5 stars Great way into Joyce.
Last month saw an article in the Guardian regarding some comments made by Gabriel Josipovici, former professor of comparative literature at Oxford University. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Paolo
5.0 out of 5 stars I was impressed!
The book I ordered was in excellent condition (new). The packaging was also excellent. I received it within 5 days, including the day I ordered it and the day I received it. Read more
Published on May 4 2011 by Serge Gagnon
1.0 out of 5 stars A Life in a Day
This book is music. Joyce, in a linear format attempts to create multiple musical counterpoints. The reader must juggle and hold on to an ever increasing number of (lines of)... Read more
Published on Dec 15 2008 by Kevin Austin
3.0 out of 5 stars An Epic of Excess
Ulysses is an unparalleled work. True. But this is not a bad thing. No, contrary to previous reviewers who have bemoaned that no book will ever reach these heights, I am happy that... Read more
Published on Mar 24 2008 by E. Haensel
5.0 out of 5 stars Pages 561-703, the "Nighttown" part, is spectacular.
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. Read more
Published on Feb 18 2007 by Ndt
5.0 out of 5 stars Great but difficult book
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. Read more
Published on Mar 13 2006 by Darcy T.
4.0 out of 5 stars beautiful writing.
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. Read more
Published on Dec 4 2005 by Anna English-Monday
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