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Arkapravo Bhaumik asked this question about Finnegans Wake:
Why read Finnegans Wake, when I know I will not understand anything? I ask those have read this literary behemoth, what was your motivation, and what did you finally grasp?
Alper Yılmaz Accepting that you won't understand anything relating to a story is the first step to enjoying this book. Just lose yourself in the play of words, the…moreAccepting that you won't understand anything relating to a story is the first step to enjoying this book. Just lose yourself in the play of words, the atmosphere - sometimes vivid enough for a painting - they establish, and let loose. A tip that helped me endlessly in enjoying it is to read it out loud when you're by yourself. It'll take forever if you intend to finish it, but I found this book worthwhile. (One neat trick the book pulls, if you read it out loud, is forcing you to read most of it in an Irish accent through its bizarre, Irish-ized spelling of certain words!)(less)
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Finnegans Wake
by James Joyce
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