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Controversial, scandalous, erudite, and funny, Ulysses is a landmark of twentieth-century modernism. It charts one day—16th June 1904—in the lives of three inhabitants of Dublin: the advertising salesman Leopold Bloom, the artist Stephen Dedalus, and Bloom’s wife Molly. Their peregrinations, thoughts, and encounters form the basis of the narrative, celebrating all human experience through the lives of specific individuals in a specific place at a specific time. Ulysses is both an experimental novel and a work intimately concerned with the events of modern life. A lively repository of literary allusion and colloquial realism, this dazzlingly innovative and ambitious novel explores themes of identity, belonging, and the mundane aspects of daily existence. Joyce’s pioneering prose techniques and deep psychological insights elevate the narrative, making it a profound exploration of the human condition.

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Ulysses, James Joyce

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2016
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Title
Ulysses
Language
English, Russian
Released
2016
Format
Hardcover
ISBN10
5519027455
ISBN13
9785519027458
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First published
1922
Original title
Ulysses
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Controversial, scandalous, erudite, and funny, Ulysses is a landmark of twentieth-century modernism. It charts one day—16th June 1904—in the lives of three inhabitants of Dublin: the advertising salesman Leopold Bloom, the artist Stephen Dedalus, and Bloom’s wife Molly. Their peregrinations, thoughts, and encounters form the basis of the narrative, celebrating all human experience through the lives of specific individuals in a specific place at a specific time. Ulysses is both an experimental novel and a work intimately concerned with the events of modern life. A lively repository of literary allusion and colloquial realism, this dazzlingly innovative and ambitious novel explores themes of identity, belonging, and the mundane aspects of daily existence. Joyce’s pioneering prose techniques and deep psychological insights elevate the narrative, making it a profound exploration of the human condition.