I tried reading Ulysses and gave up on it 20 pages into it. And that wasn't even so difficult. But yeah. It is very weird. Even though I think the different concepts in it sound quite interesting ... but actually reading it is another thing, I guess. That monologue is the last chapter and apparently is one long sentence of 40-50k words (can't remember which) ... without any punctuation. Erm, yes. In terms of confusion, Finnegan's Wake is supposed to be even worse. How that could be, I do not know. I still want to read Ulysses, someday, but I somehow doubt I will get through it. It's just ... massive. And all about that one bloody day. In that aspect, I prefer postmodernism ... yay, Ian McEwan. The first part of Atonement, about 200 pages, are about a single day as well, and it is tedious like hell, but it's one of those books you have to read twice, and in the second go, it's magnificent (perhaps that goes for Ulysses as well, but read that book twice?!). I read it for A-Level English Literature and just ... wow. But Joyce? Nah, thanks. Not for now.
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Date: 2007-05-22 03:54 pm (UTC)That monologue is the last chapter and apparently is one long sentence of 40-50k words (can't remember which) ... without any punctuation. Erm, yes.
In terms of confusion, Finnegan's Wake is supposed to be even worse. How that could be, I do not know.
I still want to read Ulysses, someday, but I somehow doubt I will get through it. It's just ... massive. And all about that one bloody day. In that aspect, I prefer postmodernism ... yay, Ian McEwan. The first part of Atonement, about 200 pages, are about a single day as well, and it is tedious like hell, but it's one of those books you have to read twice, and in the second go, it's magnificent (perhaps that goes for Ulysses as well, but read that book twice?!). I read it for A-Level English Literature and just ... wow. But Joyce? Nah, thanks. Not for now.