Genre
Experimental fiction
Ulysses
A monumental modernist city novel for fearless readers.
Details
Subgenre
Stream-of-consciousness city epic
Original publication
2 February 1922
Original publisher
Shakespeare and Company
Pages
730
Format
Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions
Language
English
Setting
Dublin on 16 June 1904
ISBN
9780679722762
Original title
Ulysses
About the book
Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus and Molly Bloom move through one Dublin day in a novel of language, body and consciousness.
A challenging recommendation for readers asking for experimental modernism, Dublin, language play and literary ambition.
Joyce turns one day into an encyclopedic experiment with style, allusion, comedy and bodily life.
It is best for readers who explicitly want difficulty, formal innovation and a major literary challenge.
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