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I suspect Ulysses may have been considered "experimental" at the time, and maybe even now.
I found it richly detailed, satirical, funny, profane, unintelligible (in places), honest (probably to a fault for some tastes), and can understand why some would have found it pornographic. The Metaphysical poets (as Sam Johnson named them) considered any subject fit for poetry, and Joyce apparently believed the same thing about the novel. Some might argue that he elevates the mundane by focusing on the principle character's enthusiasm for life's small pleasures.
Listening certainly made it less intimidating. Jim Norton (and Marcella Riordan in the last two chapters), do an excellent job of making the text (mostly) understandable.
Recommended for those who want to take on the challenge.
I found it richly detailed, satirical, funny, profane, unintelligible (in places), honest (probably to a fault for some tastes), and can understand why some would have found it pornographic. The Metaphysical poets (as Sam Johnson named them) considered any subject fit for poetry, and Joyce apparently believed the same thing about the novel. Some might argue that he elevates the mundane by focusing on the principle character's enthusiasm for life's small pleasures.
Listening certainly made it less intimidating. Jim Norton (and Marcella Riordan in the last two chapters), do an excellent job of making the text (mostly) understandable.
Recommended for those who want to take on the challenge.