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Ulysses

By James Joyce
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Ulysses by James Joyce is a modernist novel set in Dublin, chronicling a day in the life of Leopold Bloom, an advertising canvasser, as he navigates the city's streets. The narrative parallels Homer’s epic, the Odyssey, through its diverse style and stream-of-consciousness technique, while exploring themes of identity, life, and the human condition. Each chapter presents a different narrative style, creating a rich tapestry of language and thought.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy complex narratives and are fascinated by modernist literature. Set in Dublin over a single day, it explores the intricacies of human consciousness and perception through rich, stream-of-consciousness prose. It's perfect for readers who appreciate deep character exploration and symbolic storytelling.

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Ulysses

Celebrating 100 Years of Joyce's masterpiece

With a new introduction by Anne Enright

Set entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin.

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Ulysses, Joyce's innovative masterpiece, celebrates its 100th Anniversary in 2022, with a new introduction by Anne Enright.

Set entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin. From this starting point, James Joyce constructs a novel of extraordinary imaginative richness and depth. Unique in the history of literature, Ulysses is one of the most important and enjoyable works of the twentieth century.

This edition will use Joyce's original text as first published in 1922.

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Ulysses is celebrated for revolutionising the novel by delving into the ordinary and highlighting the extra­ordinariness of everyday life through its characters' inner thoughts. It's praised for its innovative use of language and is often compared to literary masterpieces like The Odyssey, Divine Comedy, and Hamlet, being regarded as their equal. The novel offers a vivid tapestry of everyday experiences and challenges conventional fiction, sparking debate over its genius and complexity.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784877712

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 January 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Contributors:

  • Edited by Hans Walter Gabler Gabler
  • Introduction by Anne Enright

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 42.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 622g

Pages: 688

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About the Author

James Joyce was born on 2 February 1882 in Dublin. He studied modern languages at University College, Dublin. After graduating, Joyce moved to Paris for a brief period in 1902. In 1904 Joyce met Nora Barnacle, with whom he would spend the rest of his life and they moved to Europe and settled in Trieste where Joyce worked as a teacher. His first published work was a book of poems called Chamber Music (1907). This was followed by Dubliners (1914), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and the play Exiles (1918). In 1915 the First World War forced Joyce and Nora and their two children to move to Z rich. Joyce's most famous novel, Ulysses, was published in Paris in 1922. In the same year he started work on his last great book, Finnegan's Wake (1939). James Joyce died in Z rich on 13 January 1941.

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