In my review of Ulysses I referred to it being a tribal book. By that I meant that one’s membership of a certain type of literary tribe is indicated by one’s opinion on it.If you follow this link, it will lead you to page on the BBC, where Ulysses is discussed by all comers, after [...]
Get it here. Well – has the emperor got new clothes, or no clothes? I don’t know. Perhaps its a skintight bodystocking. Its hard to read this book with an open mind. It has become such a tribal piece of literature that it seems that you can either claim it as the greatest novel in [...]
Title says it all. Nearly got me, but the end is in sight.
I wanted to start Ulysses on Bloomsday, to give me an added incentive to read a book I have attempted so many times before. The whole book was only just ready in time, so I downloaded the first chapter from the forum page, to have something to be getting on with.I had some chores to [...]