Three Journeys
Readings: Woolf explores death and emerging consciousness; Caraco exudes filial nihilism; Joyce portrays the moral and everyday paralysis of Dublin.
Book Reviews
James Joyce
Loose Pages
Citario Joyce
Archive of critical quotes about Joyce: praise, rejection, and interpretations that reveal how his work has forged new interpretive languages.
Bouquiphiles
Prose from the Wunderkammer II: ‘Ulysses’ (Limited Editions Club, 1935)
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.
Bookspel
Bloomsday: An Irish Comedy in Eighteen Hours
Is Bloomsday the annual celebration where thousands of people pretend to have read ‘Ulysses’ in an eccentric display of scholarly masochism?
Essays
Flesh and Blood Essay (1)
Color—or its absence—reveals the distance between ancient epic and the modern perception of realism.
Bouquiphiles
I left in your mailbox ‘Cartas (1920–1941)’
James Joyce’s ‘Cartas (1920–1941)’ reveals a genius caught between literary glory and everyday hardships, with irony and weariness.
Bookspel
California book club finishes ‘Finnegans Wake’
After 30 years of epic patience, a California book club completed Finnegans Wake, tackling one page monthly amid debates, tears, and coffee.