Ulysses

Listal's Favorite Books Poll (Ongoing) (299 books items)

"29 popguns (10), Ruisperkele (9), m08221196 (10)"

Ranking Every Book I've Ever Read/Reading List (173 books items)

"Joyce's mastery of prose is one full display here; the plot of "Ulysses" is nothing more than a 15-page short story, but through Joyce's absolute virtuoso, this tale of the dull day in the life of several middle class Dubliners in 1904 is transformed into a multifaceted epic of comic absurdity. The amount of styles on display here is amazing, even more is how Joyce can incorporate them all into this one work and have it become the masterpiece it is. On every page can be found unmatched creativit"

Favorite Novels (22 books items)

"1922"

Very bad

“It's not one of my favourites. It really wasn't anything to good. To tell you the truth it's quite overrated. I can no way, not for even a split second think of Ulysses as a masterpiece. Because it's not.” read more

The Observer's 100 greatest novels of all time (100 books items)

"I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes."

Favorite Novels (37 books items)

"1922"

Art of Manliness - 100 Must-Read Books (101 books items)

"Just buy it and put it on your bookshelf and remember this from the book: “A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.” We suspect that even those who have written their doctoral thesis on the book only pretend to have read every word, but a good friend of mine said not to question an academic on things of this nature, so if you encounter someone who has built a career around Joyce, don’t ask if they actually read it."

Tatuagens Literárias/Literary Tattoos (25 books items)

" "…I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.""

The Observer's The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (100 books items)

"Also pursued by the British police, this is a novel more discussed than read."

Banned, Burned, Censored (94 books items)

"Barred from the United States as obscene for 15 years and was seized by U.S Postal Authorities in 1918 and 1930. The lifting of the ban in 1933 came only after advocates fought for the right to publish the book. Burned in the U.S. (1918), Ireland (1922), Canada (1922), England (1923), and banned in England (1929). "