James Joyce’s ‘#Ulysses‘ was first published in Paris on his birthday, #OnThisDay 100 years ago.
To celebrate, #Joyce went all out and dressed up as the book and hung around outside the @NLIreland hoping someone would spot him and ask for his autograph. #Ulysses100 pic.twitter.com/BImz8g5JiO
— National Library of Ireland (@NLIreland) February 2, 2022
This morning.
Happy Birthday, Ulysses.
In the footsteps of giants: the ultimate Ulysses walk around Dublin (The Guardian)
Pic: Irish Embassy, Athens, Greece
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You learn something new every day.
As a fellow philhellenist that’s great to read.Wonderful people and wonderful country.
Thanks muchly.
…every day a school day…I didn’t know that bit about the Greek flag…the Blue Book of Eccles as Joyce referred to Ulysses in Finnegans Wake…
Terrible book. Truly terrible
Frankly I did not enjoy it
I cannot understand all the hype over James Joyce and wonder why am Irishman would prefer to be buried abroad
Seems many of these did
his ‘love letters’ make for more entertaining reading on a slow Wednesday.
Give me Oscar Wilde anyway and Brendan Behan
And I remember the book written by our adorable Marnix Flynn
May I politely express bewilderment at the gigantic publicity being given to a book which the majority of Irish citizens have never read and do not intend to read? Danke.
I read it with a guide first time round, in college. It’s odd because it’s very useful as a tool to get you through the book, but kind of sucks the enjoyment out of it at the same time. Reminded me of struggling to understand and appreciate Shakespeare in school.
On my next attempt, I tried to do it solo and abandoned it. Then some kind soul told me to listen to the audiobook of it, which was a revelation. It made me appreciate the book in a whole new way.
i had a notion to do the same and went to buy the guide but it was almost a hundred quid. a copy of ulysses itself was only a fiver.
sod that.
i might well try the audiobook tho.
Not having even attempted to read it I’d always understood part of its charm to be in the music of the sentences he constructs which would make sense if listening to an audio-book version and it being a “revelation.”
Personally I’m in a bit of a reading slump – need to kick start the 2022 year in reading. Recommendations other than Ulysses welcome. Ideally fiction of any type, autobiography/biography and history !
i’m reading shane mcgowan’s biography by richard balls; it’s very enjoyable
I’m reading a big blue buke.
Begob.
The Constitution ?
i read that one theo, the end is poo.
The Jim Norton one? That’s the one I did, fantastic.
You think that’s bad. Try Peig :-)
Poor auld Peig – sure a load of lads looking to document the social history of the Blaskets landed on her doorstep and asked her questions and she talked. Little did she know it’d end up on the LC curriculum for decades upon decades.
I did enjoy “Toraíocht Diarmuid agus Gráinne” – off the wall stuff. Often wondered why a movie hasn’t been made of it. Would leave Lord of the Rings in the ha’penny place if done properly.
Pheck. That’ brings back memories
(By sheer coincidence this morning)…
I examined myself, and though frightening
the view in my mirror was enlightening:
I won’t hang in the Louvre
though there’s room to improve
Including precise scrotum-tightening.
…a bit of a dip at the forty foot would sort out the latter problem…
A few words from Edna O’Brien:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/02/dear-mr-joyce-an-essay-by-edna-obrien
…superb writing!