Finnegans Wake (Modern Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9626349603 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 4 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Finnegans Wake", the greatest avant-garde novel of all time, was first published seventy years ago - and people are still trying to work out what it is about. There is Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker - aka HCE (Here Comes Everyone) - and Anna Livia Plurabelle, but also Finnegan the hod carrier (or was he a giant?), whose wake is the subject of the book. This masterly reading of the abridged version, with copious notes aiding comprehension, is republished with a new cover.
I'm Trying Kristin Ohman I don't think my life is long enough to give this book the close reading it deserves, but I'm enjoying the challenge of seeing how much I can understand. I would recommend it to obsessive compulsive freaks with a sense of humor.. Zounds Thunderwords abound! Rafik Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, is one of the most difficult books to read. That said, it is also the most fun. One reviewer aptly put it that it is a book of dreams. Not for the light minded as the book does take work and personal initiative. If you try reading it in a normal linear way, you'll drown. Instead, let the book flow. It's pure poetry, mysticism and more. I really dig the 'thu. "Read this book before you die! Heaven may depend upon it." according to Amazon Customer. Good Lord, James! What have you done? Easily the most challenging book ever written in any language. Reading and understanding Finnegans Wake requires fairly constant plunges into a small libary of scholarly supporting work - at first. However, if one stays with it Joyce's language and voice begins to sing like no other before or since. Sure, the book takes more time and effort than anyt
His works include Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. James Joyce (1882–1941), an Irish poet and novelist, was one of the most celebrated writers of the twentieth century.
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