by James Joyce
"We'll meet again, we'll part once more. The spot I'll seek if the hour you'll find. My chart shines high where the blue milk's upset."In “Finnegans Wake” by James JoyceJoyce could really write. “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” is exquisite, and “Ulysses” is a masterpiece. I see Joyce as a pr...
A sort of triumph, a sort of failure.It's impossible to rate, really, but it's not remotely like anything else in English literature so in that way it's certainly impressive.On one hand it's outrageously pretentious. But even if you want to hate it, there's no denying you can get enormous enjoyment...
Why you will read Finnegans Wake:The short of it is this: have a think about all your greatest achievements, the accomplishments you’re most proud of. What they have in common is hard work and originality. Read Finnegans Wake. Fine, you know what? If you’re even in this review for the short term, ch...
Note that I have a 'better written than Harry Potter shelf'.Praise the lord for Michael Chabon. Note only don't I have to read Joyce, I don't even have to not read him and review him.http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/jul/12/what-make-finnegans-wake/
The best advice I've read about reading this is the first time you do, don't bother trying to make total sense of it. Just go with the flow. Read it to yourself out loud, in about half hour blocks. Just enjoy the fun of the language. I spent over a month on the first two pages before I opted for th...
The other day we saw The Ghost, the rather fine new movie by Polanski. Ewan McGregor plays a ghostwriter, who's been brought in to fix up the memoirs of a British ex-Prime Minister who absolutely isn't Tony Blair. He's given the manuscript, and groans in pain."That bad?" asks the woman who isn't Che...
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