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Goblinmonger

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13. For me there is

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 02:33 PM

Oct 2012

Though I will be honest and admit that tackling the beast just to tackle it is a huge reward for me. But I think Joyce gives a singularly unique inspection of the utter bullshit the average person goes through in their epic journey of life. Penny jumps into my soul in the last chapter.

And I was on the same page with Moby Dick. "Insufferably tedious" sums it up well. But, invariably, the first thing people accuse me of is not "getting" the hilarity and symbolism of the middle whaling chapters. I assure them I do but that they just suck.

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Decided to retry Joyce starting with Portrait... nt dmallind Oct 2012 #8

If it's not too late, I would start with Dubliners. Goblinmonger Oct 2012 #9

Only one I have tried is Ulysses, which I did not like at all. dmallind Oct 2012 #10

It's not for everyone Goblinmonger Oct 2012 #11

But (and this is a genuine question) is there anything else there? dmallind Oct 2012 #12

For me there is Goblinmonger Oct 2012 #13

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