Tuesday, June 16, 2009

With three minutes left of Bloomsday...

I'm starting Ulysses.

Comments, advice, etc, welcome. Joe-the-Math-guy, Jana-who-Creates and I are going to meet regularly on the telephone to discuss it regularly.

I would love to post law student/mom/mathematician insights on the book as a regular thing, but we will see if that happens.

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4 comments:

  1. LinguistFriend12:34 PM, June 17, 2009

    If you really want to get people's attention, you could comment on the last fifty pages first.

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  2. PeaceBang12:35 PM, June 17, 2009

    Wow. After slogging through Madame Bovary, too. I'm impressed.

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  3. Louise5:28 PM, June 17, 2009

    I was assigned "Ulysses" in a comparative literature class in college. Even the professor admitted that it was long and treacherous, and had us skip 4 or 5 chapters.

    All I remember is that James Joyce plus 4th year engineering course load was an unsolvable equation for me. I punted on the novel, retaining only "Yes Yes Yes," but have no shame for referencing it obliquely in our blog name.

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  4. Louise7:28 PM, June 17, 2009

    Also: This bldgblog post made me go, "Huh." Might be a useful way to think about the book.

    http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/bloomsday.html

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