Has anyone read Ulysses???

Lemonboy · 02-13-2002, 03:21 AM

I read it in english wich isn�t even my first language so it was kinda tricky but I liked it and I can also recommend Salman Rushdie,I have read most of his works....

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theSoulfulMofo · 02-13-2002, 04:24 AM

Yes.

BTW, what is your first language?

Lemonboy · 02-14-2002, 01:41 AM

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Originally posted by theSoulfulMofo:
Yes.

BTW, what is your first language?

Swedish!

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zooropamanda · 02-14-2002, 02:34 AM

Im so terrible, I still havent finsihed it.
ive been reading it for so long now. I put it down for months and then come back to it in between other books.
Im a shocker!

foray · 02-15-2002, 12:14 PM

Ulysses is a nightmare to read, but I don't mean it in a bad way.

foray

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theSoulfulMofo · 02-15-2002, 04:29 PM

I beg your pardon...

"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."

joyfulgirl · 02-22-2002, 07:17 PM

I tried to read it. I was over at my boss's recently and it was sitting on the coffee table all beat up, with every other passage underlined with notes in the margins, post-its marking pages, it was a mess. My boss is in his 60's and actually sits around studying Ulysses. It was both impressive and frightening.

joyfulgirl · 07-17-2002, 06:31 PM

update: ok, it's brilliant. Working my way through it. Gets kind of addictive, actually.

theSoulfulMofo · 07-18-2002, 01:09 AM

Keep it up...

It's always good to become a persevering English literati.

jkayet · 09-04-2002, 11:48 PM

Yes, I've read it and i really do love it...it did take a LOT to get through it though...

The structure of it is amazing...Joyce was such a genius. Just following what on earth he was trying to do though was difficult... Once I got past the initial utter confusion,

FizzingWhizzbees · 09-08-2002, 10:20 AM

If you think Ulysses is confusing just wait until you try reading Finnegans Wake. They're both beautiful books though. Has anyone read Dubliners? Or A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? (Yes, I admit I'm obsessed with James Joyce's writing.)

U2SavesTheWorld · 10-16-2002, 10:21 AM

I wrote my thesis on Ulysses, if that helps.
I can email it to you. Its only 231 pages long.

~LadyLemon~ · 12-16-2002, 08:35 PM

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Originally posted by U2SavesTheWorld
I wrote my thesis on Ulysses, if that helps.
I can email it to you. Its only 231 pages long.

Holy shite! I'll be writing mine next semester...

IWasBored · 12-16-2002, 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by FizzingWhizzbees
If you think Ulysses is confusing just wait until you try reading Finnegans Wake. They're both beautiful books though. Has anyone read Dubliners? Or A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? (Yes, I admit I'm obsessed with James Joyce's writing.)

fizzing whizzbees...i KNOW what that's from...i've been listening to the same two miles davis recordings all night in order to study for my history of jazz exam and the only thing my brains are coming up with is harry potter...

anyway, you guys are my heros! joyce? i made an attempt to read ulyssess and didn't manage to get through it...

joyfulgirl · 01-07-2003, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by IWasBored

fizzing whizzbees...i KNOW what that's from...i've been listening to the same two miles davis recordings all night in order to study for my history of jazz exam and the only thing my brains are coming up with is harry potter...

anyway, you guys are my heros! joyce? i made an attempt to read ulyssess and didn't manage to get through it...

Now that your history of jazz exam is over, may I recommend some incredible leisure time jazz reading..."But Beautiful" by Geoff Dyer. Absolutely incredible. He looks at photographs of various jazz artists and imagines stories around the pictures, blending fact with fiction. It's stunning!

As for Joyce, I did read "Portrait of the Artist as a Man" many years ago back in college but I hardly remember it. In preparation for an event here next month with the colorful Irish Senator David Norris, who is also one of Ireland's leading Joyce scholars, I am going to re-read it. It's on my nightstand already and I'll begin it as soon as I finish "The Hours," which I should do tonight. Norris is presenting an evening here on The Life and Work of James Joyce. He is reportedly wildly entertaining, as well as a member of the Upper House of Irish Parliament. Quite the character, they say. Really looking forward to it.

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Lemonboy Refugee Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Inside the Popmart Lemon Posts: 1,842 Local Time: 06:40 AM	Has anyone read Ulysses??? I read it in english wich isn�t even my first language so it was kinda tricky but I liked it and I can also recommend Salman Rushdie,I have read most of his works.... ------------------ "PLEBA Mansion Bootler" "Proud member of the U2 gender"

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02-13-2002, 04:24 AM	#2
theSoulfulMofo Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,490 Local Time: 09:40 PM	Yes. BTW, what is your first language?

02-14-2002, 02:34 AM	#4
zooropamanda Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Smile, you're reading my post Posts: 6,516 Local Time: 02:40 PM	Im so terrible, I still havent finsihed it. ive been reading it for so long now. I put it down for months and then come back to it in between other books. Im a shocker!

02-15-2002, 12:14 PM	#5
foray Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: full of sound and fury Posts: 3,385 Local Time: 04:40 PM	Ulysses is a nightmare to read, but I don't mean it in a bad way. foray ------------------ so bounce, basketball, bounce

02-15-2002, 04:29 PM	#6
theSoulfulMofo Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,490 Local Time: 09:40 PM	I beg your pardon... "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."

02-22-2002, 07:17 PM	#7
joyfulgirl ONE love, blood, life Premium Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the desert Posts: 12,639 Local Time: 10:40 PM	I tried to read it. I was over at my boss's recently and it was sitting on the coffee table all beat up, with every other passage underlined with notes in the margins, post-its marking pages, it was a mess. My boss is in his 60's and actually sits around studying Ulysses. It was both impressive and frightening.

07-17-2002, 06:31 PM	#8
joyfulgirl ONE love, blood, life Premium Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the desert Posts: 12,639 Local Time: 10:40 PM	update: ok, it's brilliant. Working my way through it. Gets kind of addictive, actually.

09-04-2002, 11:48 PM	#10
jkayet New Yorker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 2,551 Local Time: 11:40 PM	Yes, I've read it and i really do love it...it did take a LOT to get through it though... The structure of it is amazing...Joyce was such a genius. Just following what on earth he was trying to do though was difficult... Once I got past the initial utter confusion,

09-08-2002, 10:20 AM	#11
FizzingWhizzbees ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the choirgirl hotel Posts: 12,616 Local Time: 04:40 AM	If you think Ulysses is confusing just wait until you try reading Finnegans Wake. They're both beautiful books though. Has anyone read Dubliners? Or A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? (Yes, I admit I'm obsessed with James Joyce's writing.)

10-16-2002, 10:21 AM	#12
U2SavesTheWorld Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: sundries and such Posts: 7,376 Local Time: 10:40 PM	I wrote my thesis on Ulysses, if that helps. I can email it to you. Its only 231 pages long.