1001 Books to read before you die

...– Mark Z. Danielewski 68. Blonde – Joyce Carol Oates 69. Pastoralia – George ...– William Kotzwinkle 186. A Disaffection – James Kelman 187. Sexing the Cherry –... Pasternak 487. The Wonderful “O” – James Thurber 488. Justine – Lawrence Durrell .... Babbitt – Sinclair Lewis 723. Ulysses – James Joyce 724. The Fox – D.... Confessions of a Justified Sinner – James Hogg 927. The Albigenses – Charles ...

too many books, too little time

...ETA: I totally blanked on how much I HATE Virginia Woolfe. HATE. To the LIghthouse was INSUFFERABLE. Flames...at the side of my face... OH MY God how did I forget Joyce? Fuck Ulysses and Portrait of the Artist as a YOung Man . Those books are the worst ever ever.

i like books. i like quizzes. i will like this community. aka an intro post.

...your last read and the book you’ll read next? Current read: James Joyce, Ulysses and Alison Bechdel, Fun Home (graphic novel) Last read: Andre Breton, Manifestoes of Surrealism Next read: Kay...you’ll read, but you probably won’t? Hmmm. Well, it was Ulysses for awhile but I'm currently taking a James Joyce Colloquium so I kind of have to read it (and am...

... у общественности, не может ли кто-нибудь в крациях рассказать, о чем "улисс" джеймса джойса, а то она думает, не почитать ли. первый комментарий, по-моему, тянет на Орден Славы: James Joyce's Ulysses may be briefly described as a work that can not be briefly described. мои простые радости

James Joyce - Ulysses

"Shakespeare is the happy huntingground of all minds that have lost their balance." - James Joyce, Ulysses 10.1061-62 "Her very soul is in her eyes and she would give worlds to be in the privacy of ... tears, she could have a good cry and relieve her pentup feelings though not too much because she knew how to cry nicely before the mirror." - James Joyce, Ulysses 13.189-92

Hey all, Could someone give me a brief description of James Joyce's Ulysses ? I'm interested in reading it. I know it has something to do with Greek literature of which I have already read The Iliad, Oedpius Rex , and The Bacchae . I am reading The Odyssey next semester which I believe has something to do with Ulysses . Ulysses is the Roman name for Odysseus I think...? Thanks!

#2: Asterios Polyp

... of work aside, Mazzuchelli had the experimental and generally under-the-radar Rubber Blanket. Asterios Polyp – adeptly laid out, vibrant, complex, and (much like James Joyce’s Ulysses) one of those books which teaches the reader how to read it as they go - is very likely the book which will change ...

Big update, since it's been three weeks

... operates in our lives, you know something's wrong.) 8. Name a book you would like to read but haven't: Ulysses, James Joyce. Well, maybe not so much 'read' as 'conquer'. 9. Why haven't you? Well, I actually got about 100 pages in before Joyce's dizzying stream-of-consciousness narrative made me put down the book in surrender. I've not...

Sarsi's List

.... Marquez - “Love in the Time of the Cholera” Gustave Flaubert - “Madame Bovary” Cervantes - “Don Quixote” James Joyce - “Ulysses” Aldous Huxley - “Crome Yellow” Diana Wynne Jones - “Howl's ... the Golden Dragon” Isabel Allende - “Forest of the Pygmies” Henry James - “Daisy Miller” Kate Chopin - “The Awakening” Carl Sagan - “Contact” ...

Writer's Block: Book worms unite!

... not as much as I should have in my adult life sadly). - The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy:- pure brilliance, it has intricate and elaborate plotting and multiple stories going on, which eventually...Michael Crichton:- admittedly I was not quite 15 when I read it, but it was a chore to get through. - Ulysses by James Joyce:- I'm Irish on my Dad's side, so I gave it a red-hot go, I really did, but...