A volume that embodies a sublime deception: the clash between Joyce’s avant-garde and the mythical silence of Matisse, who illustrated ‘Ulysses’ without reading it.
Is Bloomsday the annual celebration where thousands of people pretend to have read ‘Ulysses’ in an eccentric display of scholarly masochism?
Color—or its absence—reveals the distance between ancient epic and the modern perception of realism.
James Joyce’s ‘Cartas (1920–1941)’ reveals a genius caught between literary glory and everyday hardships, with irony and weariness.
After 30 years of epic patience, a California book club completed Finnegans Wake, tackling one page monthly amid debates, tears, and coffee.
