Napoleon Dezaldivar Dezaldivar itibaren Windorf, Germany itibaren Windorf, Germany

Ulysses truly is a victim of its own success and notoriety. After years of hearing English professors' breathless descriptions of its wonder, how could the book possibly measure up to expectation? Indeed, unless it contained the Secret Meaning Of Life itself, it probably couldn't. None of this is to say that it is not a truly amazing work. It is. Joyce explores language and the patterns of human thought in ways that are still likely ahead of their time 73+ years after publication. I would advise potential readers to set their expectations lower. This may or may not be the finest literary composition in the English language, but if you anticipate new doors to be opened to you for the very act of reading the book, I doubt you'll be satisfied with the results. Still an excellent work of Modernist literature and definitely worthy of great esteem, I was nonetheless disappointed in the experience of reading Ulysses.

Not up to the level of Atonement or Saturday.