Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
'No birds. Frail from the housetops two plumes of smoke ascended, pluming, and in a flaw of softness softly were blown.'
Two people highlighted this exact quote recently. The three of us all review books on Instagram. It's nice to have proof of that collective unconscious. We're none of us original.
What this book manages to do with language alone makes it worth reading.
Endless moments of absolute clarity cemented together with a healthy dollop of linguistic playfulness and domestic drama.
It reminded me a little of Proust in the sense of the familiar everyday events giving way to larger perceptions and protestations on existence.
The Recognitions by William Gaddis is the superior book according to my own particular tastes.
But I've not lost anything by reading this novel and the fact that I hadn't is largely due to its inability to shake off its elitist allusions.
Going in I resigned myself to the expectation that I would only be able to extract a minimum of meaning from the text. I couldn't have been more wrong.
Don't think this book is hard. It isn't. Two tips: 1) let it wash over you 2) don't read into it as hard as you think you need to. Your own understanding is plenty. The extra levels just make it re-readable. You don't need to get every reference right now.
Definitely worth the read. Particularly if you're walking a lot and can supplement the reading with little bursts of an audio version. It definitely helped me at times where reading the physical text got a little too exhausting. Occasionally just seeing the remaining pages made me feel daunted. So yeah, make it an audio/literature combo. Switch to audio for the domestic stuff. But when it starts to play with words in its splendid swallow-esq twirls and spirals... The text is vital!
Complejo, dificil, desconcertante, denso e incluso intragable a ratos son algunos de los adjetivos con los que se puede calificar a este libro. Sin embargo, una vez que te adaptas al libro y te dejas llevar por los diferentes estilos narrativos de cada capitulo, el libro resulta muy interesante.
24 horas en Dublin. Un dia, el 16 de junio, visto de muchas formas diferentes.
Son 908 paginas llenas de historias, diatribas, y pensamientos aleatorios que poco a poco se juntan para darle sentido al libro.
Eso si, no voy a mentir. Este libro es muy dificil de leer, y no se lo recomendaria a nadie sin un nivel de lectura muy avanzado. Si se tiene el nivel, merece la pena leer la obra que es la mas importante de la literatura irlandesa del siglo XX (por algunos calificada incluso como al obra mas importante en lengua inglesa del siglo XX).
24 horas en Dublin. Un dia, el 16 de junio, visto de muchas formas diferentes.
Son 908 paginas llenas de historias, diatribas, y pensamientos aleatorios que poco a poco se juntan para darle sentido al libro.
Eso si, no voy a mentir. Este libro es muy dificil de leer, y no se lo recomendaria a nadie sin un nivel de lectura muy avanzado. Si se tiene el nivel, merece la pena leer la obra que es la mas importante de la literatura irlandesa del siglo XX (por algunos calificada incluso como al obra mas importante en lengua inglesa del siglo XX).
It's hard to review a book as complicated as this one. I'll just say that Ulysses is the art of writing in its purest form. I had never read a book who could explored so many styles and obscure references so smoothly. It definitely creates its own language.
adventurous
challenging
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Painful. Boring. Brilliant.
If it hadn't been an audiobook that I listened to on my daily walks, I would have never read it. I cannot recommend it to anyone.
It drones on everlasting lists if names and places, it is misogynistic and outdated. It seriously did not age well.
I understand that it is 9ne of the modern classics and has been for a long time, however... Things are know for their ability to change. Just saying.
If it hadn't been an audiobook that I listened to on my daily walks, I would have never read it. I cannot recommend it to anyone.
It drones on everlasting lists if names and places, it is misogynistic and outdated. It seriously did not age well.
I understand that it is 9ne of the modern classics and has been for a long time, however... Things are know for their ability to change. Just saying.
How do I rate this book? I love it and I hate it and it's amazing and it's annoying and it's creative and it's boring and it's funny and it's interesting and it's difficult and it's pretentious and it's incomprehensible and it's unique and just so many thoughts so many mixed feelings! I'm so glad it's over but I'm going to miss it. I never want to see it again but I also want to re-read it.
You've been warned; Read at your own peril.
You've been warned; Read at your own peril.
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes