Open Book's guide to Ulysses
Chris Power is joined by Colm Toibin and Merve Emre to explore the enduring legacy of James Joyce鈥檚 Ulysses, as this ground-breaking novel marks its centenary.
Open Book takes a close look at Ulysses, by James Joyce which was first published in full in 1922. Chris Power and his guests share their love of the varied language and prose that make Ulysses unique and challenging, and offer tips on how to start reading it, in its centenary year.
Chris is joined by award winning Irish novelist Colm Toibin, by Merve Emre, literary critic and associate Professor at the University of Oxford, and by Daniel Mulhall, Ireland鈥檚 Ambassador to the United States and author of Ulysses: A Reader鈥檚 Odyssey.
Reader: Neil McCaul.
Book List 鈥� Sunday 16 January and Thursday 20 January
Ulysses by James Joyce
Ulysses Unbound by Terence Killeen
Ulysses: A Readers鈥� Odyssey by Daniel Mulhall
The New Bloomsday Book by Harry Blamires
Ulysses Unbound by Terence Killeen
Ulysses Annotated by Don Gifford and Robert Seidman
Re Joyce by Anthony Burgess
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Magician by Colm Toibin
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- Sun 16 Jan 2022 16:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Thu 20 Jan 2022 15:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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