| Not an ending but a beginning |
[Nov. 6th, 2006|12:11 am] |
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I finished Ulysses yesterday.
I thought I might be sad, but as I got closer to the end I started finding myself thinking things like "now I can go back and read <x> section again with the concordances!" I'm never going to be done reading this book, if for no other reason than some of the sections are such fun to read. And I hope that as I improve my education, I'll be able to go back and read again and understand the various sections better (like the one that is written in all of the styles of English literature starting with direct translation from Latin.
I specifically made this post public in the hopes that when people are searching on Ulysses, they'll find it and realize that it doesn't have to be a hard book to read, that it's funny and raunchy and full of good jokes. It just takes a little effort and time and then you'll find things like sections comparing reading the news paper to going to the bathroom, like a long hallucination where the main character is subjected to complete feminizing and domination by a whorehouse madam, like his wife's rambling ranting internal monologue on her life, her (many) lovers, her good and bad memories of Leopold Bloom and inordinate details on her sex life (little or none of which is with her husband).
What a wonderful book. :) |
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It is on my list of books to read....someday. ;)
honestly, you just need to pick it up and start. waiting for the perfect time probably won't happen. I've downloaded a bunch of thing onto my PDA including The Prince and various other things and now just read them wherever I am.
It's nice to see you excited about something for a change. :)
hey, there are lots of things I'm excited about.
>:)
A copy of this is sitting on my desk at home, waiting for me to finish up a couple of other books. I'm hoping to get it read this winter!
Toby,
This is Rebecca Browning, but now my married name is Ho. We went to George Washington High together. I hung out with John and various others while I was there. Anyway, hope you are well. I have been married for 3 months and been working in S.F. for 3 years.
If you remember me that is cool, if not that is cool too.
wow. yeah I remember you. Congrats on getting married. How did you stumble across this post? | |
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