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One of the greatest novels ever written, and I do not say that lightly. It's arguably the best novel of the 20th century, though people are making their case for Proust these days.
Joyce's masterpiece borrows the structure of Homer's The Odyssey, so it's nice if you've read the latter first. Here is the story of Leopold Bloom's journey through one day of his life in Dublin--it's the Modernist trope of the antihero on display. All of the events of the day are writ large, and one has the sense that life is simultaneously significant and absurd.
And the prose! The prose is magnificent and extraordinarily complex. This is not a book for the casual reader. Joyce demands you engage him in every chapter, and each section is written in a different style. Some passages are laborious, but many are glorious. Loved the final chapter the best.
Joyce's masterpiece borrows the structure of Homer's The Odyssey, so it's nice if you've read the latter first. Here is the story of Leopold Bloom's journey through one day of his life in Dublin--it's the Modernist trope of the antihero on display. All of the events of the day are writ large, and one has the sense that life is simultaneously significant and absurd.
And the prose! The prose is magnificent and extraordinarily complex. This is not a book for the casual reader. Joyce demands you engage him in every chapter, and each section is written in a different style. Some passages are laborious, but many are glorious. Loved the final chapter the best.