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From this link elsewhere on that website:quote:#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w drat, this IS hard. I really appreciate Joyce's usage of HTML before the concept was even developed. His prose was far ahead of its time. On a more serious note: I do not consider this in any way to be a novel, or even a thing worthy of reading. It is, in essence, a nonsensical litany of letters and (more rarely) words strung together. I appreciate novels which are written in a subversive or intriguing manner (see: House of Leaves for a less literary example) but I really think this is absolutely a fruitless read. Try Dubliners instead. There's even a centennial edition floating around which has a gorgeous cover and would look wonderful on a bookshelf, if you're into that sort of thing. Captain Mog fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Oct 20, 2014 |
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CestMoi posted:Also, yeah, my impression from reading people writing about Finnegan's Wake is that it's not in the least random, it is an insanely calculated book where every word has about 10 different reasons to be where it is, some of which you won't get unless you understand Russian puns on the etymology of Latin phrases. Oh I'm sure it's not random. Joyce is a wonderful writer. I just have to wonder whether Joyce himself would've laughed at everyone writing theses and guides about this thing. I bet he would've.
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