Who the Hell Is This Joyce (1928)

Re:Who the Hell Is This Joyce (1928) by sverige on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:20PM (#12572474)

That feeling may come from looking for meaning or trying to make sense of it. That's the conclusion I reached, anyway, after reading V and Gravity's Rainbow, anyway. And one other -- Vineland, that was it.

I love Dubliners by Joyce, but the later stuff? I'd sooner read The Sound and the Fury again, but only if published with the different color inks Faulkner wanted.

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Re:Who the Hell Is This Joyce (1928) by reltuk on Saturday September 24, 2016 @05:23PM (#12572712)

Good news for you, if you're willing to spring for it: http://www.foliosociety.com/book/SAE/sound-fury-william-faul...

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Re:Who the Hell Is This Joyce (1928) by sverige on Saturday September 24, 2016 @07:40PM (#12573133)

Well, maybe I can find a friend who bought it. I know a professor who's a real Faulkner fan who might have it. Thanks for sharing that.

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Re:Who the Hell Is This Joyce (1928) by douche on Saturday September 24, 2016 @06:07PM (#12572854)

> I'd sooner read The Sound and the Fury again

I have to assume this means that Joyce is somehow worse than sticking forks covered in bees into your eyes. The Sound and the Fury is on the shortlist for the worst book I ever heard was a great piece of literature, and soldiered through despite its awfulness.

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Re:Who the Hell Is This Joyce (1928) by CalChris on Saturday September 24, 2016 @10:12PM (#12573549)

I attempted S+F but there was a girl imvolved. Neither worked out.

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Re:Who the Hell Is This Joyce (1928) by sverige on Saturday September 24, 2016 @07:41PM (#12573137)

I liked it, but it was work to try to follow. I don't think I got it all after reading it twice. And yeah, Finnegans Wake -- no thanks.

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