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Antonio Gallo
Il 2 febbraio di cento anni fa è una data più che palindroma 2–2–22, è il giorno del suo quarantesimo compleanno, giorno in cui James Joyce pubblicava l’Ulisse, enigmatico e monumentale capolavoro. Per complessità, innovazione e stratificazioni di significati, la sua tecnica subliminale, non ha eguali nella storia della letteratura. Nel 1922 lo pubblicò Sylvia Beach, la visionaria proprietaria della libreria parigina Shakespeare and Company. Questa libreria sta organizzando una lettura del testo ...more
Antonio Gallo
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Lindsey Z
Nov 03, 2009 rated it it was ok
I'm so thrilled to finish this novel, I think even 2 stars is generous.

While I applaud Joyce for trying something new in the literary world, I truly believe that this novel only makes sense to him. This is a personal work that would be better left unshared with the rest of the world.

There are moments of brilliance for sure, yet what the reader is forced to trudge through to find those moments is frankly, inexcusable.

Certain espisodes are bearable, certain episodes (OK maybe 1 or 2 at most) are e
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