Finnegans Wake in James Joyce Reading Group

Dec 03, 2009 Ed Smiley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, to-re-read, read-joyce-and-be-exceeding-glad-fo

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

Fifth time through! The date is set to the date I read the final word "the". This was in a "slow read" book club.

This is my favorite book of all time. Admittedly it is challenging, but what it does is simply unique in all o ...more

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Apr 04, 2009 Jimmy Cline marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: partially-read

I remember this being fun to read up about until I started having really weird nightmares (technically, the novel is supposed to mimic the language of nightmares and dreams in general). Also, I remember just feeling awkward about language in idle conversation. Someone would start talking to me, about anything, and I had a hard time suppressing my laughter. That in mind, the effects that this book had on me were about as ridiculous as it actually is. I like Ulysses, but this is clearly the work o ...more

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Jun 12, 2009 Paul rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, joyce

This was going to be a regular review. It’s just a book after all, and I should be able to critically look at it and judge it for its merits.

But this just isn’t any old book and this isn’t really going to be a review as I have written in the past.

There’s a cliche about the Velvet Underground; supposedly (and God knows this isn’t really true) but supposedly, only 1000 people actually listened to VU while they were still together, but every one of those people started their own band. This criminal ...more

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Dec 10, 2008 Connect-ion Found rated it it was amazing

the wake in reference to the waking dream of the history of time is an idea that i can't stop talking about.

reading and re-reading this makes for the fulfillment as the orgasm of the mind.

fun at least. life altering, still at least. ...more

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Jun 03, 2009 Michelle marked it as to-read

Anxious to give reading it a try but am feeling a bit intimidated...

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Apr 06, 2009 Stephanie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

2013 was the year our little group finished our 3 year project of reading Finnegans Wake. The hope was that we would teach ourselves how to read it, and while we never really did that--we'd think we were making progress and end up daunted again by the next section, it was a fun experience and there are definitely many sections that reward reading and I will go back to. It's a book I'm sure I'll keep thinking about. ...more

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