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Finnegans Wake

By James Joyce
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Finnegans Wake by James Joyce is a complex and daring novel that explores the cyclical nature of history and human experience through a dream-like narrative. The story intricately weaves together the fragmented and surreal thoughts of its characters, often blending reality with myth, in a linguistic tapestry that challenges traditional storytelling. Readers embark on a journey through the mysterious and sometimes incomprehensible landscapes of the human subconscious.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy adventurous and experimental narrative styles that challenge conventional storytelling. With its dense and poetic language, it offers a dream-like exploration of themes related to history, mythology, and the subconscious. If you appreciate complex literature that demands active engagement and rewards with rich layers of meaning, this might be the right choice for you.

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Finnegans Wake

Follows a man's thoughts and dreams during a single night.

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Finnegans Wake follows a man's thoughts and dreams during a single night. It is also a book that participates in the re-reading of Irish history that was part of the revival of the early 20th century.

The author, James Joyce, also wrote Ulysses, Dubliners, and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Finnegans Wake by James Joyce is often celebrated for its innovative narrative style, which merges language and themes in ways that challenge conventional storytelling. Critics generally appreciate its dreamlike structure and rich interwoven puns and allusions, though some readers find its complexity daunting. The book is seen as a seminal work of literature that ambitiously pushes the boundaries of language and narrative form.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141183114

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 June 2000

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Seamus Deane
  • Introduction by Brian Fox

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 470g

Pages: 688

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About the Author

James Joyce was born in Dublin in 1882, but exiled himself to Paris at twenty as a rebellion against his upbringing. He only returned to Ireland briefly from the Continent but Dublin was at heart of his greatest works, Ulysees and Finnegans Wake. He lived in poverty until the last ten years of his life and was plagued by near blindness and the grief of his daughter's insanity. He died in 1941.

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